calcium chloride

English

Noun

calcium chloride (uncountable)

  1. (inorganic chemistry) The calcium salt of hydrochloric acid, CaCl2; used as a drying agent and to melt ice on roads.
    • 1885, American Journal of Science, 3rd Series, Volume 30, page 57:
      The gases passed over a hot roll of copper gauze, then through a weighed calcium chloride tube, which absorbed the water, into an azotometer containing a concentrated solution of potassium hydroxide where the nitrogen was measured.

Translations
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.