释义 |
chloric, a. Chem.|ˈklɔərɪk| [f. chlor-ine + -ic; cf. F. chlorique.] Of or pertaining to chlorine; containing chlorine in smaller proportion, relatively to oxygen, than chlorous compounds; as in chloric oxide or chloric anhydride, Cl2 O5; chloric acid (hydrogen chlorate), HO3 Cl, a colourless syrupy liquid, having a strong acid reaction, and powerful oxidizing and bleaching qualities: its salts are chlorates; chloric ether, an old name of ethyl chloride, C2 H5 Cl; in Med. sometimes applied to a solution of chloroform in alcohol. perchloric acid HO4Cl, containing a still smaller proportion of chlorine, is a colourless very volatile liquid; its salts are perchlorates.
1810[see chlorine 1.] 1818Faraday Res. xvii. (1823) 81 The compound of chlorine and olefiant gas sometimes called chloric ether. 1826Henry Elem. Chem. I. 219 Chloric Acid, a third compound of chlorine and oxygen..existing in the class of salts..now termed chlorates. 1863Watts Dict. Chem. I. 906 Chloric acid when oxidated at the positive pole of a voltaic battery yields perchloric acid. 1868Royle & Headland Mat. Med. (ed. 5) 724 A solution of 1 part of pure chloroform in 7 of Rectified Spirit has been much used under the fictitious name of chloric ether. |