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Chloride of lime   /klˈɔraɪd əv laɪm/   Listen
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Chloride  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.






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"Chloride of lime" Quotes from Famous Books



... that the unprotected man dies of suffocation. Death is sometimes caused by two or three breaths of the gas. Even when very dilute, chlorine can be recognized by its peculiar smell, which is like chloride of lime, but stronger and ...
— Military Instructors Manual • James P. Cole and Oliver Schoonmaker



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