- 1. a. Pertaining to, or compounded of, chlorine and hydrogen gas; as, hydrochloric acid; chlorhydric. Source: opted
- 2. Pertaining to, or compounded of, chlorine and hydrogen gas; as, hydrochloric acid; chlorhydric. Hydrochloric acid (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, and chlorhydric, acid. Source: webster
- 3. Pertaining to, or compounded of, chlorine and hydrogen gas; as,hydrochloric acid; chlorhydric. Hydrochloric acid (Chem.), hydrogenchloride; a colorless, corrosive gas, HCl, of pungent, suffocatingodor. It is made in great quantities in the soda process, by theaction of sulphuric acid on common salt. It has a great affinity forwater, and the commercial article is a strong solution of the gas inwater. It is a typical acid, and is an indispensable agent incommercial and general chemical work. Called also muriatic, andchlorhydric, acid. Source: adambom
- 4. a. Pertaining to, or compounded of, chlorine and hydrogen gas; as, hydrochloric acid; chlorhydric. Source: ecdict
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