| rubidium-strontium dating | geological dating based on the proportions of radioactive rubidium into its decay product strontium, radioactive rubidium has a half-life of ,,, years |
| ethyl chloride | a colorless flammable gas used as a local surface anesthetic |
polyvinyl chloride
PVC | a polymer of vinyl chloride used instead of rubber in electric cables |
strontium
Sr
atomic number | a soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element of the alkali metal group, turns yellow in air, occurs in celestite and strontianite |
| strontium | a radioactive isotope of strontium (with the mass number ) that is present in the fallout from nuclear explosions, can be assimilated like calcium into bones |
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 |
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 |
acetyl chloride
ethanoyl chloride | colorless liquid acyl chloride (CHCOCl) that has a pungent odor |
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 chloride | a colorless corrosive gas (HCl) |
| 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 |
| 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 |