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Definition of "perchloride" []

  • A chloride having more chlorine than other chlorides of the same element. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "perchloride" in a sentence
  • "Numerous other chemical substances have been used, alone and also in conjunction with one another, such as perchloride of iron, copperas, manganese, &c."
  • "By tasting, and guessing, and adding I in KI, or perchloride of iron."
  • "He would have been greatly irritated and thrown off his balance, had any one told him that the elixir of gold is nothing but the perchloride of iron."