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zinc chloride
noun
a white, crystalline, deliquescent, water-soluble, poisonous solid, ZnCl 2 , used chiefly as a wood preservative, as a disinfectant and antiseptic, and in the manufacture of vulcanized fiber, parchment paper, and soldering fluxes.
zinc chloride
noun
Also called: butter of zinc.a white odourless soluble poisonous granular solid used in manufacturing parchment paper and vulcanized fibre and in preserving wood. It is also a soldering flux, embalming agent, and a medical astringent and antiseptic. Formula: ZnCl 2
zinc chloride
A white, water-soluble crystalline compound used as a wood preservative, as a soldering flux, and for a variety of industrial purposes, including the manufacture of cements and paper parchment. Chemical formula: ZnCl 2 .
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of zinc chloride1
Example Sentences
It requires a quite simple salt -- zinc chloride -- which dissolves in water.
The textiles are placed in a zinc chloride solution and within one hour everything is transformed into a gooey mass.
The munition, which combined powdered zinc and carbon tetrachloride to generate opaque clouds of molten zinc chloride smoke, was intended to obscure troop movements, not for crowd control.
Two elderly women exposed to zinc chloride for 75 minutes fell violently ill, one of whom eventually died.
The munition bounced back and exploded at their feet, where it fumigated the guards with zinc chloride as the exercise continued.
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