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Definition of Aluminium chloride
1. Noun. A chloride used as a wood preservative or catalyst.
Definition of Aluminium chloride
1. Noun. (inorganic compound) AlCl, only exists in the gas phase when AlCl3 is heated with aluminium. ¹
2. Noun. (inorganic compound) AlCl3, the aluminium salt of hydrochloric acid; forms the covalent dimer Al2Cl6 when melted; it has very many industrial applications, including that of a catalyst in Friedel-Crafts reactions. ¹
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