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calcium chloride

calcium chloride noun: the calcium salt of hydrochloric acid, CaCl₂; used as a drying agent and to melt ice on roads.

calcium chloride: the calcium salt of hydrochloric acid, CaCl₂; used as a drying agent and to melt ice on roads
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Noun

calcium chloride (uncountable)

  1. The calcium salt of hydrochloric acid, CaCl₂; used as a drying agent and to melt ice on roads.
    • The gases passed over a hot roll of copper gauze, then through a weighed calcium chloride tube, which absorbed the water, into an azotometer containing a concentrated solution of potassium hydroxide where the nitrogen was measured.1885, American Journal of Science, 3rd Series, Volume 30, page 57

calcium chloride meaning in Tamil and Bengali

calcium chloride in Tamil

கல்சியங்குளோரைட்டு

calcium chloride in Bengali

ক্যালসিয়াম ক্লোরাইড

Questions about calcium chloride

What does calcium chloride mean?
Calcium chloride means the calcium salt of hydrochloric acid, CaCl₂; used as a drying agent and to melt ice on roads.
What is calcium chloride in Tamil?
Calcium chloride in Tamil is கல்சியங்குளோரைட்டு. See Calcium chloride meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is calcium chloride?
Calcium chloride is a noun.

Words near calcium chloride in the dictionary

  1. calcium cannons
  2. calcium carbide
  3. calcium carbonate
  4. calcium channel blocker
  5. calcium channel blockers
  6. calcium chloride
  7. calcium chromate
  8. calcium copper tetrasilicate
  9. calcium cyanamide
  10. calcium diglutamate
  11. calcium dioxide

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