ferric chloride
noun Chemistry.
a compound that in its anhydrous form, FeCl3, occurs as a black-brown, water-soluble solid; in its hydrated form, FeCl3⋅xH2O, it occurs in orange-yellow, deliquescent crystals: used chiefly in engraving, for deodorizing sewage, as a mordant, and in medicine as an astringent and styptic.
Also called
iron trichloride,
iron perchloride.
Origin of ferric chloride
First recorded in 1890–95
Words nearby ferric chloride
ferret out,
ferri-,
ferriage,
ferric,
ferric ammonium oxalate,
ferric chloride,
ferric chloride test,
ferric oxide,
ferric sodium oxalate,
ferricyanic acid,
ferricyanide