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HYDROGEN CHLORIDE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hydrogen chloride mean?
• HYDROGEN CHLORIDE (noun)
The noun HYDROGEN CHLORIDE has 1 sense:
1. a colorless corrosive gas (HCl)
Familiarity information: HYDROGEN CHLORIDE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A colorless corrosive gas (HCl)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("hydrogen chloride" is a kind of...):
acid (any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt)
Context examples
When heated to decomposition, chlordane emits toxic fumes of carbon monoxide, hydrogen chloride, chlorine, and phosgene.
(Chlordane, NCI Thesaurus)
A chlorine anion that forms the negatively charged part of certain salts, including sodium and hydrogen chloride salts, and is an essential electrolyte located in all body fluids responsible for maintaining acid/base balance, transmitting nerve impulses and regulating fluid in and out of cells.
(Chloride Ion, NCI Thesaurus)
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