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chloride (klōr`īd, klôr`–), chemical compound containing chlorine. Most chlorides are salts that are formed either by direct union of chlorine with a metal or by reaction of hydrochloric acid (a water solution of hydrogen chloride hydrogen chloride, chemical compound, HCl, a colorless, poisonous gas with an unpleasant, acrid odor. It is very soluble in water and readily soluble in alcohol and ether. It fumes in moist air. It is not flammable, and the liquid is a poor conductor of electricity.
..... Click the link for more information. ) with a metal, a metal oxide, or an inorganic base. Chloride salts include sodium chloride sodium chloride, NaCl, common salt.

Properties

Sodium chloride is readily soluble in water and insoluble or only slightly soluble in most other liquids. It forms small, transparent, colorless to white cubic crystals.
..... Click the link for more information. (common salt), potassium chloride potassium chloride, chemical compound, KCl, a colorless or white, cubic, crystalline compound that closely resembles common salt (sodium chloride). It is soluble in water, alcohol, and alkalies.
..... Click the link for more information. , calcium chloride calcium chloride, CaCl₂, chemical compound that is crystalline, lumpy, or flaky, is usually white, and is very soluble in water. The anhydrous compound is hygroscopic; it rapidly absorbs water and is used to dry gases by passing them through it.
..... Click the link for more information. , and ammonium chloride ammonium chloride (əmō`nēəm klôr`īd), chemical compound, NH₄
..... Click the link for more information. . Most chloride salts are readily soluble in water, but mercurous chloride mercurous chloride, mercury (I) chloride, or calomel, chemical compound, Hg₂Cl₂, a white crystalline powder, very slightly soluble in water.
..... Click the link for more information. (calomel) and silver chloride silver chloride, chemical compound, AgCl, a white cubic crystalline solid. It is nearly insoluble in water but is soluble in a water solution of ammonia, potassium cyanide, or sodium thiosulfate ("hypo").
..... Click the link for more information. are insoluble, and lead chloride is only slightly soluble. Some chlorides, e.g., antimony chloride and bismuth chloride, decompose in water, forming oxychlorides. Many metal chlorides can be melted without decomposition; two exceptions are the chlorides of gold and platinum. Most metal chlorides conduct electricity when fused or dissolved in water and can be decomposed by electrolysis electrolysis (ĭlĕktrŏl`əsĭs)
..... Click the link for more information. to chlorine gas and the metal. Chlorine forms compounds with the other halogens and with oxygen; when chlorine is the more electronegative element in the compound, the compound is called a chloride. Thus, compounds with bromine and iodine are bromine chloride, BrCl, and iodine chloride, ICI, but compounds with oxygen or fluorine (which are more electronegative than chlorine) are oxides (e.g., chlorine dioxide, ClO₂) or fluorides (e.g., chlorine fluoride, ClF) respectively. Many organic compounds contain chlorine, as is indicated by common names such as carbon tetrachloride, methylene chloride, and methyl chloride. However, in the nomenclature system for organic chemistry adopted by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), the presence in a compound of chlorine bonded to a carbon atom is indicated by the prefix or infix chloro; thus, carbon tetrachloride is tetrachloromethane, methylene chloride is dichloromethane, and methyl chloride is chloromethane.

chloride

1. any salt of hydrochloric acid, containing the chloride ion Cl^--

2. any compound containing a chlorine atom, such as methyl chloride (chloromethane), CH₃Cl

chloride [′klȯr‚īd]

(chemistry)

A compound which is derived from hydrochloric acid and contains the chlorine atom in the -1 oxidation state.

In general, any binary compound containing chloride.

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