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Oxymuriatic

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Ox`y`mu`ri`at´ic
a.1.(Chem.) Pertaining to, or consisting of, oxygen and muriatic acid, that is, hydrochloric acid.
Oxymuriatic acid
chlorine, formerly so called on the supposition that it was a compound of oxygen and muriatic acid.
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In 1785, he thought that oxidation of muriatic acid with manganese dioxide gave rise to oxymuriatic acid (chlorine), and in 1786 found that exposure of an aqueous solution of oxymuriatic acid to sunlight liberated oxygen and left behind muriatic acid.
Claude Louis Berthollet: A Great Chemist in +he french Tradition by Newbold, Brian T. / Canadian Chemical News
 
 
 
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