caocl2

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caocl2 - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Chloride \Chlo"ride\, n. (Chem.)
     A binary compound of chlorine with another element or
     radical; as, chloride of sodium (common salt).
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     Chloride of ammonium, sal ammoniac.
  
     Chloride of lime, bleaching powder; a grayish white
        substance, CaOCl2, used in bleaching and disinfecting;
        -- called more properly calcium hypochlorite. See
        Hypochlorous acid, under Hypochlorous.
  
     Mercuric chloride, corrosive sublimate.
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