Definition of Hydrogen chloride

1. Noun. A colorless corrosive gas (HCl).

Generic synonyms: Acid

Definition of Hydrogen chloride

1. Noun. (inorganic compound) An inorganic compound with the formula HCl. Forms hydrochloric acid when dissolved in water. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hydrogen Chloride

hydrogen atom
hydrogen azide
hydrogen bomb
hydrogen bombs
hydrogen bond
hydrogen bonded
hydrogen bonding
hydrogen bonds
hydrogen bromide
hydrogen burning
hydrogen car
hydrogen carbonate
hydrogen carrier
hydrogen cars
hydrogen chlorate
hydrogen chloride (current term)
hydrogen chlorite
hydrogen cyanide
hydrogen cycle
hydrogen dehydrogenase
hydrogen dioxide
hydrogen disulfide
hydrogen disulphide
hydrogen donor
hydrogen economy
hydrogen electrode
hydrogen embrittlement
hydrogen exponent
hydrogen fluoride
hydrogen gas

Literary usage of Hydrogen chloride

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1833)
"All metals which -decompose water at a red heat or at lower temperatures decompose a solution of hydrogen chloride with evolution of hydrogen, ..."

2. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1914)
"When it is remembered that hydrogen chloride is more stable toward heat than ... Of course, since the hydrogen chloride in many cases yields the additive ..."

3. Gas Analysis by Louis Munroe Dennis (1913)
"Determination of hydrogen chloride.— If no other acid gas is present with the ... hydrogen chloride may also be determined by absorbing it with an alkaline ..."

4. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"The most efficient catalysts are strong acids, and hydrogen chloride (about 3 ... When hydrogen chloride is used it is advisable to prepare a 3 pc solution ..."

5. Introduction to General Inorganic Chemistry by Alexander Smith (1906)
"In some, hydrogen chloride will be produced copiously without the assistance of heat. In others, there will be difficulty in showing that hydrogen chloride ..."

6. A Text-book of Organic Chemistry by Arnold Frederik Holleman, Hermon Charles Cooper (1911)
"hydrogen chloride does not obey the law of HENRY (§ 9) in its behavior ... The saturated solution of hydrogen chloride in water gives off HC1 on warming. ..."

7. A Dictionary of Chemical Solubilities: Inorganic by Arthur Messinger Comey, Dorothy Anna Hahn (1921)
"... NICKEL hydrogen chloride +7H.O. 100 g. absolute alcohol dissolve 2.10 g. NiCl2+7H2O at 17° and 1.4 g. at 3'" (de Bruyn, ... Nickel hydrogen chloride ..."

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