aluminum chloride: Meaning and Definition of

alu'minum chlo'ride

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— Chem. Chem.
  1. a yellow-white, crystalline, water-soluble solid that in its white hydrated form, AlCl&multiplydot;6HO, is used chiefly as a wood preservative and in its yellow-white anhydrous form, AlCl, chiefly as a catalyst.
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