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zinc chloride

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zinc chloride
n.
A white, water-soluble crystalline compound, ZnCl2, used as a wood preservative, as a soldering flux, and for a variety of industrial purposes, including the manufacture of cements and paper parchment.

zinc chloride
n
(Chemistry / Elements & Compounds) a white odourless soluble poisonous granular solid used in manufacturing parchment paper and vulcanized fibre and in preserving wood. It is also a soldering flux, embalming agent, and a medical astringent and antiseptic. Formula: ZnCl2 Also called butter of zinc

zinc chloride
A white, water-soluble crystalline compound used as a wood preservative, as a soldering flux, and for a variety of industrial purposes, including the manufacture of cements and paper parchment. Chemical formula: ZnCl2.


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The capacity of a normal alkaline battery can be said to be either similar to or even greater than a zinc chloride cell due to the special ingredients used inside the matrix of the battery.
Olah (ref: 10) and his coworkers investigated the reaction of (1-chloro-ethyl)-benzene (14) with isobutylene (15) catalyzed by zinc chloride.
The chemical make up of the batteries differ greatly from the old zinc chloride batteries, and where they may contain the same voltage as these batteries, the one advantage that they do have is that the have a much larger energy density and the self drain status is much lower than the zinc chloride counterpart.
 
 
 
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