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hydrochlorination

hydrochlorination noun: reaction with hydrogen chloride (HCl) or hydrochloric acid, HCl(aq).

Noun

hydrochlorination (usually uncountable, plural hydrochlorinations)

  1. (usually) Reaction with hydrogen chloride (HCl) or hydrochloric acid, HCl(aq).

Forms of hydrochlorination

pluralhydrochlorinations

Origin of hydrochlorination

By surface analysis, hydro + chlorination, or, by surface analysis, hydro- + chlorinate + -ion.

Questions about hydrochlorination

What does hydrochlorination mean?
Hydrochlorination means reaction with hydrogen chloride (HCl) or hydrochloric acid, HCl(aq).
What part of speech is hydrochlorination?
Hydrochlorination is a noun.
What is the plural of hydrochlorination?
The plural of hydrochlorination is hydrochlorinations.

Words near hydrochlorination in the dictionary

  1. hydrochloride
  2. hydrochloride of strychnine
  3. hydrochlorides
  4. hydrochlorids
  5. hydrochlorinate
  6. hydrochlorination
  7. hydrochlorinations
  8. hydrochlorofluorocarbon
  9. hydrochlorofluorocarbons
  10. hydrochloroquine
  11. hydrochlorothiazide

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