aluminium chloride

English

Noun

aluminium chloride (uncountable)

1. (inorganic chemistry) AlCl, only exists in the gas phase when AlCl₃ is heated with aluminium.
2. (inorganic chemistry) AlCl₃, the aluminium salt of hydrochloric acid; forms the covalent dimer Al₂Cl₆ when melted; it has very many industrial applications, including that of a catalyst in Friedel-Crafts reactions.

Translations

AlCl

• Romanian: clorură de aluminiu f

AlCl₃

• Finnish: alumiinikloridi
• Hungarian: alumínium-klorid (hu)
• Italian: cloruro di alluminio (it) m