calcium hypochlorite

Noun
Synonyms: calcium hypochlorite

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Noun (1)

  1. any hypochlorite of calcium; used as a bleaching agentSynonyms: calcium hypochlorite
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Chloride \Chlo"ride\, n. (Chem.) A binary compound of chlorine with another element or radical; as, chloride of sodium (common salt). [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

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