📚 noun • entry_id 48092
chloromethane
Meanings (ES + gloss)
clorometano
Methyl chloride, a flammable gas once used as a refrigerant, with chemical formula CH₃Cl.
[…] by subjecting that compound to the action of chlorine in sunshine, whereby chloromethane, or methyl chloride, CH₃Cl, is produced, and distilling this chloride with potash.
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