Definition of "trichloride" []

• A compound containing three chlorine atoms per molecule. (noun)

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• "Tests show recent fumes came from arsenic trichloride, which is poisonous by inhalation, skin contact or ingestion."
• "In 1918 he found the thesis of Julius Arthur Nieuwland at Maloney Hall, a chemical laboratory at The Catholic University of America, Washington DC in which Nieuwland detailed the synthesis by the combination of allowing arsenic trichloride to react with acetylene in the presence of a hydrochloric acid solution of mercuric chloride."
• "Preliminary tests show the glassware was contaminated with the toxic chemical arsenic trichloride."