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"Section C"

R.
Hunt.


Chlo"ride (?), n. (Chem.)
A binary compound of chlorine with another element or
radical; as, chloride of sodium (common salt).


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.


Chlo*rid"ic (?), a. Of or
pertaining to a chloride; containing a chloride.


Chlo"rid*ize (?), v. t. See
Chloridate.


Chlo*rim"e*try (?), n. See
Chlorometry.


Chlo"rin*ate (?), v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Chlorinated (?);
p. pr. & vb. n. Chlorinating.]
(Chem.) To treat, or cause to combine, with
chlorine.


Chlo`ri*na"tion (?), n. The
act or process of subjecting anything to the action of chlorine;
especially, a process for the extraction of gold by exposure of
the auriferous material to chlorine gas.


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