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carbonyl chloride

carbonyl chloride noun: a toxic gas, COCl₂, used in the manufacture of plastics, pesticides etc, and once used as a chemical weapon.

Noun

carbonyl chloride (uncountable)

  1. A toxic gas, COCl₂, used in the manufacture of plastics, pesticides etc, and once used as a chemical weapon.
    • More of a French term. Phosgène. We prefer to call it carbonyl chloride. Less. . .disquieting, somehow.2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 265

carbonyl chloride meaning in Tamil

carbonyl chloride in Tamil

காபனயில்குளோரைட்டு

Synonyms of carbonyl chloride

Questions about carbonyl chloride

What does carbonyl chloride mean?
Carbonyl chloride means a toxic gas, COCl₂, used in the manufacture of plastics, pesticides etc, and once used as a chemical weapon.
What is carbonyl chloride in Tamil?
Carbonyl chloride in Tamil is காபனயில்குளோரைட்டு. See Carbonyl chloride meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is carbonyl chloride?
Carbonyl chloride is a noun.

Words near carbonyl chloride in the dictionary

  1. carbons
  2. carbontetrachloride
  3. carbonucleophile
  4. carbonucleophiles
  5. carbonyl
  6. carbonyl chloride
  7. carbonyl cyanide
  8. carbonyl sulfide
  9. carbonylatable
  10. carbonylate
  11. carbonylated

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