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calcium chloride

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The calcium salt of hydrochloric acid, CaCl₂; used as a drying agent and to melt ice on roads.

uncountable

Equivalents

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Examples

“The gases passed over a hot roll of copper gauze, then through a weighed calcium chloride tube, which absorbed the water, into an azotometer containing a concentrated solution of potassium hydroxide where the nitrogen was measured.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

calcium chromate calcium copper tetrasilicate calcium cyanamide calcium diglutamate calcium dioxide calcium fluoride

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