oxychloride

[ ok-si-klawr-ahyd, -id, -klohr- ]

/ ˌɒk sɪˈklɔr aɪd, -ɪd, -ˈkloʊr- /

a compound having oxygen and chlorine atoms bonded to another element, as bismuth oxychloride, BiOCl.

Origin of oxychloride

First recorded in 1855–60; oxy-² + chloride

ox·y·chlo·ric, adjective

There seems little doubt that the so-called dialysed iron is an oxychloride of the metal.

Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II |Arnold Cooley
When heated in a current of carbon dioxide it forms the oxychloride CbOCl3, and carbon monoxide.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 |Various
The filtered fluid gives on addition of sodic chloride a precipitate of oxychloride.

Poisons: Their Effects and Detection |Alexander Wynter Blyth
The excess of oxychloride is removed by distillation under reduced pressure and the residue washed with dilute hydrochloric acid.

Animal Proteins |Hugh Garner Bennett

The oxyfluoride, CrO2F2, is obtained in a similar manner to the oxychloride by using fluorspar in place of common salt.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 |Various