ethyl chloride | a colorless flammable gas used as a local surface anesthetic |
hydrogen bomb H-bomb fusion bomb thermonuclear bomb | a nuclear weapon that releases atomic energy by union of light (hydrogen) nuclei at high temperatures to form helium |
hydrogen ion concentration | the number of moles of hydrogen ions per cubic decimeter |
hydrogen ion | a positively charged atom of hydrogen, that is to say, a normal hydrogen atomic nucleus |
hydrogen bond | a chemical bond consisting of a hydrogen atom between two electronegative atoms (e.g., oxygen or nitrogen) with one side be a covalent bond and the other being an ionic bond |
polyvinyl chloride PVC | a polymer of vinyl chloride used instead of rubber in electric cables |
hydrazoic acid azoimide hydrogen azide HN | a colorless explosive liquid that is volatile and poisonous and foul-smelling |
hydrogen cyanide | a highly poisonous gas or volatile liquid that smells like bitter almonds, becomes a gas at arounddegree Fahrenheit and is most dangerous when inhaled, the anhydride of hydrocyanic acid, used in manufacturing |
hydrogen H atomic number | a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas, the simplest and lightest and most abundant element in the universe |
hydrogen atom | an atom of hydrogen |
acidic hydrogen acid hydrogen | a hydrogen atom in an acid that forms a positive ion when the acid dissociates |
deuterium heavy hydrogen | an isotope of hydrogen which has one neutron (as opposed to zero neutrons in hydrogen) |
sodium chloride common salt | a white crystalline solid consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl) |
ammonium chloride sal ammoniac | a white salt used in dry cells |
methylene blue methylthionine chloride | a dark green dye used as a stain, an antiseptic, a chemical indicator, and an antidote in cyanide poisoning |
bicarbonate hydrogen carbonate | a salt of carbonic acid (containing the anion HCO) in which one hydrogen atom has been replaced, an acid carbonate |
bicarbonate of soda sodium hydrogen carbonate sodium bicarbonate baking soda saleratus | a white soluble compound (NaHCO) used in effervescent drinks and in baking powders and as an antacid |
bleaching powder chlorinated lime chloride of lime | a white powder comprised of calcium hydroxide and chloride and hypochlorite and used to bleach and or disinfect |
hydrogen peroxide peroxide | a viscous liquid with strong oxidizing properties, a powerful bleaching agent, also used (in aqueous solutions) as a mild disinfectant and (in strong concentrations) as an oxidant in rocket fuels |
acetyl chloride ethanoyl chloride | colorless liquid acyl chloride (CHCOCl) that has a pungent odor |
potassium bicarbonate potassium acid carbonate potassium hydrogen carbonate | a crystalline salt (KHCO) that is used in baking powder and as an antacid |
potassium chloride potassium muriate potash muriate K-Dur Kaochlor K-lor Klorvess K-lyte | salt of potassium (KCl) (trade names K-Dur , Kaochlor and K-lor and Klorvess and K-lyte), taken in tablet form to treat potassium deficiency |
hydrogen bromide | a colorless gas that yields hydrobromic acid in solution with water |
hydrogen chloride | a colorless corrosive gas (HCl) |
hydrogen fluoride | a colorless poisonous corrosive liquid made by the action of sulphuric acid on calcium fluoride, solutions in water are hydrofluoric acid |
hydrogen iodide | a colorless gas that yields hydroiodic acid in aqueous solution |
hydrogen sulfide | a sulfide having the unpleasant smell of rotten eggs |
calcium chloride | a deliquescent salt, used in de-icing and as a drying agent |
mercuric chloride mercury chloride bichloride of mercury corrosive sublimate | a white poisonous soluble crystalline sublimate of mercury, used as a pesticide or antiseptic or wood preservative |
calomel mercurous chloride | a tasteless colorless powder used medicinally as a cathartic |
cream of tartar tartar potassium bitartrate potassium hydrogen tartrate | a salt used especially in baking powder |
chloride | any salt of hydrochloric acid (containing the chloride ion) |
chloride | any compound containing a chlorine atom |
aluminum chloride aluminium chloride | a chloride used as a wood preservative or catalyst |
methylene chloride dichloromethane | a nonflammable liquid used as a solvent and paint remover and refrigerant |
obidoxime chloride | a chloride used as an antidote for nerve gases such as sarin or VX |
silver chloride | a chloride used chiefly in the manufacture of photographic emulsions |
stannic chloride | a colorless caustic liquid made by treating tin with chlorine |
hydrogen-bomb | attack with a hydrogen bomb |