perchloride
/pəˈklɔːrʌɪd/(also perchlorid) Chemistry and Medicine. Now archaic or historical
noun
A binary compound of chlorine containing the maximum possible proportion of chlorine.
- Perchlorides are now named differently; e.g. perchloride of carbon, C2Cl6, is hexachloroethane (or perchloroethane); perchloride of iron, Fe2Cl6, is iron(iii) chloride, iron trichloride, or ferric chloride..
Origin
Early 19th century; earliest use found in Humphry Davy (1778–1829), chemist and inventor. From per- + chloride.