subchloride

[ suhb-klawr-ahyd, -id, -klohr- ]

/ sʌbˈklɔr aɪd, -ɪd, -ˈkloʊr- /

a chloride containing a relatively small proportion of chlorine, as mercurous chloride.

Origin of subchloride

sub- + chloride

Ointment of Subchloride of Mercury (Unguentum hydrargyri subchloridi).

Poisons: Their Effects and Detection |Alexander Wynter Blyth
The subchloride may be directly formed, by pouring a solution of deuto-chloride of copper or iron upon silver leaf.

A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines |Andrew Ure
Should the subchloride again become chloride, it would be able to attack the silver afresh.

The Preservation of Antiquities |Friedrich Rathgen
Subacetate of Copper, Subchloride, and Carbonate, all act very similarly to the sulphate when given in large doses.

Poisons: Their Effects and Detection |Alexander Wynter Blyth

Salt green, that is mentioned here, was a mixture of verdigris and subchloride of copper.

Illumination and its Development in the Present Day |Sidney Farnsworth

subchloride

/ (sʌbˈklɔːraɪd) /

a chloride of an element that contains less chlorine than its common chloride