hydrogen chloride


hydrogen chloride

noun

Definition of HYDROGEN CHLORIDE

: a colorless pungent poisonous gas HCl that fumes in moist air and yields hydrochloric acid when dissolved in water

First Known Use of HYDROGEN CHLORIDE

1869

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