Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to or compounded of chlorin and hydrogen gas. Also chlorhydric, chlorohydric, chlorydric.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Chem.) Pertaining to, or compounded of, chlorine and hydrogen gas; ; chlorhydric.
- adjective (Chem.) hydrogen chloride; a colorless, corrosive gas, HCl, of pungent, suffocating odor. It is made in great quantities in the soda process, by the action of sulphuric acid on common salt. It has a great affinity for water, and the commercial article is a strong solution of the gas in water. It is a typical acid, and is an indispensable agent in commercial and general chemical work. Called also
muriatic acid andchlorhydric acid .
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- adjective chemistry Of or relating to
hydrochloric acid .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The substance is very soluble in water, and it is this solution which is usually called hydrochloric acid.
An Elementary Study of Chemistry William McPherson
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U.S. sources have confirmed that the laboratory -- some of the pictures here show what they found -- had instructions for making anthrax, formulas and ingredients for explosives and chemical blood agents, including something called hydrochloric acid and sodium cyanide.
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From the description of the uses to which he put the end product of his chemical manipulation, it is evident that under the name of spirit of salt he is describing what we now know as hydrochloric acid.
Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages James Joseph Walsh 1903
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The chief among these are the acid gases known as hydrochloric acid, sulphurous acid, sulphuretted hydrogen, carbonic acid, and boracic acid; and with these acid gases there issue hydrogen, nitrogen ammonia, the volatile metals arsenic, antimony, and mercury, and some other substances.
The San Francisco calamity by earthquake and fire Charles Morris 1877
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Masons have used muriatic acid, also known as hydrochloric acid, for years to clean mortar residue from brick and stone.
SFGate: Top News Stories sweatequity@sfchronicle.com (Bill Burnett 2010
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• HCl (g) is bubbled into water to form a solution called hydrochloric acid Chemistry 20 -
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• HCl (g) is bubbled into water to form a solution called hydrochloric acid Chemistry 20 -
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A page received by Dothan police dispatch identified the liquid as muriatic acid, also known as hydrochloric acid.
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Hydrogen chloride, also known as hydrochloric acid or HCl, is lack of color and hygroscopic compound, which has powerful inclination to draw water and vaporize them.
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Hydrogen chloride, also known as hydrochloric acid or HCl, is lack of color and hygroscopic compound, which has powerful inclination to draw water and vaporize them
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