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Chlorous acid Moderate

Chlorous acid has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

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Noun
1

(HClO2) a strongly oxidizing acid; known only in solution

2

an unstable acid, HClO₂, known only in solution or as its salts, the chlorites; it is a strong oxidizing agent

See Also
oxidizing agent iodous acid hydrogen chlorite chlorite solution unstable salt
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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
acid
Rhyming Words
cid acid scid picid arcid alcid mucid lucid ficid lycid coccid esocid odacid marcid muscid raucid chacid viscid caecid diacid
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