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chlorine vs. chloride
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Chlorine refers to a halogen element of the periodic table. Chloride is formed from chlorine. It can either mean any compound with chlorine in it, or specifically a salt of hydrochloric acid consisting of two elements, one of which is chlorine. An example of a chloride is sodium chloride (salt).
noun
- a halogen element, a heavy, greenish-yellow, incombustible, water-soluble, poisonous gas that is highly irritating to the respiratory organs, obtained chiefly by electrolysis of sodium chloride brine: used for water purification, in the making of bleaching powder, and in the manufacture both of chemicals that do not contain chlorine, as ethylene glycol, and of those that do. : Cl; : 35.453; : 17.
noun
- a salt of hydrochloric acid consisting of two elements, one of which is chlorine, as sodium chloride, NaCl.
- a compound containing chlorine, as methyl chloride, CH 3 Cl.