any compound that contains three chlorine atoms per molecule
trichloride in American English
(traɪˈklɔraɪd)
noun
a chloride having three chlorine atoms to the molecule
trichloride in American English
(traiˈklɔraid, -ɪd, -ˈklour-)
noun
Chemistry
a chloride having three atoms of chlorine, as ferric chloride, FeCl3
Word origin
[1860–65; tri- + chloride]This word is first recorded in the period 1860–65. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: big brother, jumping jack, metric system, prep, raidertri- is a combining form meaning “three,” used in the formation of compound words. Otherwords that use the affix tri- include: triglyceride, triglyph, trio, triple, trivial
Examples of 'trichloride' in a sentence
trichloride
Zinc nitrate, antimony trichloride, and ethylenediamine were used as precursors and deionized water as solvent.
Héctor Guillen-Bonilla, Verónica-M. Rodríguez-Betancourtt, José-Trinidad Guillén-Bonilla,Juan Reyes-Gómez, Lorenzo Gildo-Ortiz, Martín Flores-Martínez, M. de la L. Olvera-Amador,Jaime Santoyo-Salazar 2015, 'CO and C3H8 Sensitivity Behavior of Zinc Antimonate Prepared by a Microwave-AssistedSolution Method', Journal of Nanomaterialshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/979543. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Indium trichloride promotes the chlorination of terminal olefins in the presence of sodium hypochlorite with good results.
Pisoni Diego S., Gamba Douglas, Fonseca Carlos V., Costa Jesse S. da, Petzhold CesarL., Oliveira Eduardo R. de, Ceschi Marco A. 2006, 'InCl3/NaClO: A reagent for allylic chlorination of terminal olefins', Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Societyhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-50532006000200015. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The phosphonic derivative of graphene was obtained through the reaction of graphene oxide with phosphorus trichloride in water.
Kamila Żelechowska, Marta Prześniak-Welenc, Marcin Łapiński, Izabela Kondratowicz,Tadeusz Miruszewski 2017, 'Fully scalable one-pot method for the production of phosphonic graphene derivatives',Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnologyhttps://doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.8.111. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)