tetrachloride

[ te-truh-klawr-ahyd, -id, -klohr- ]

/ ˌtɛ trəˈklɔr aɪd, -ɪd, -ˈkloʊr- /

a chloride containing four atoms of chlorine.

Origin of tetrachloride

First recorded in 1865–70; tetra- + chloride

When gently heated in hydrogen, this chloride becomes converted into tetrachloride (WCl4).

Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II |Arnold Cooley
The upper layer having been poured off, the tetrachloride may be purified by distillation.

Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I |Arnold Cooley
There are four chlorides of osmium, the best known of which are the dichloride and the tetrachloride.

Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II |Arnold Cooley
The solution absorbs oxygen readily, and becomes converted into the tetrachloride (OsCl4).

Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II |Arnold Cooley

tetrachloride

/ (ˌtɛtrəˈklɔːraɪd) /

any compound that contains four chlorine atoms per molecule carbon tetrachloride, CCl 4

tetrachloride

[ tĕt′rə-klôr′īd′ ]

A chemical compound containing four chlorine atoms per molecule.