Definitions
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- noun (Chem.) A yellow or greenish yellow gas, first prepared by Davy, evolved from potassium chlorate and hydrochloric acid. It is supposed to consist of chlorine tetroxide with some free chlorine.
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- noun chemistry, archaic A yellow or greenish-yellow
gas , supposed to consist ofchlorine tetroxide with some free chlorine.
Etymologies
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Compare French euchlorine. See euchloric.
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Examples
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From the facility with which euchlorine decomposes, it is not easy t!
Elements of Chemical Philosophy: Part 1, Vol.1 Humphry Davy, Sir Humphry Davy 1812
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Let a little Dutch foil be intro - duced into a bottle filled with euchlorine, it will undergo no change,
Elements of Chemical Philosophy: Part 1, Vol.1 Humphry Davy, Sir Humphry Davy 1812
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When phosphorus is introduced into euchlorine, it is instantly de - composed, and the phosphorus bums as it would do in a mixture of ft parts in volume of chlorine, and one part of oxygene.
Elements of Chemical Philosophy: Part 1, Vol.1 Humphry Davy, Sir Humphry Davy 1812
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