How to Use chloride in a Sentence

chloride

noun
Definition of chloridenext
  • That’s why cars, bridges and highways on the East Coast are examples of the effect of chloride.
    — Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, 4 Dec. 2019
  • There are three kinds of salt lakes in the world: carbonate, chloride and sulfate.
    — Lilit Marcus, CNN, 16 Feb. 2022
  • Vinyl chloride, which is used to make PVC pipes, can cause dizziness, sleepiness and headaches.
    — Aditi Sangal, CNN, 16 Feb. 2023
  • So if there's any water around, these chloride salts would be dissolved in it.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 28 Jan. 2022
  • This released and burned the chloride, a process that took several hours on Friday, Feb. 6.
    — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2023
  • When Saran Wrap was introduced in 1949 it was made of polyvinylidene chloride.
    — WSJ, 25 Jan. 2022
  • The big problem is that aluminum chloride only melts at 192° C.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 24 Aug. 2022
  • So Breakroom offers the same crispy fat without all the sodium chloride.
    — Andy Staples, SI.com, 30 June 2017
  • Tirado prefers to use Entry, a chloride-free spray that lowers the freezing point of water to as low as -63 degrees.
    — Adrienne Donica, Popular Mechanics, 15 Oct. 2019
  • An older high-def gamut just barely managed to capture the true hue of bluish copper chloride.
    — Adam Rogers, WIRED, 4 July 2019
  • Inside the clock is a capsule filled with ethylene chloride gas.
    — Carol Besler, Robb Report, 13 Apr. 2022
  • This rock salt is similar to table salt, made up of sodium and chloride, but coarser.
    — Jamie Summers, Philly.com, 8 Dec. 2017
  • Chloride channels are gatekeepers that sit in the cell membrane and usher chloride, an electrolyte, in and out of cells.
    — Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 11 Nov. 2021
  • Levels of chloride and iron, on the other hand, can vary more widely without as many consequences.
    — Emily Sohn, Washington Post, 3 June 2018
  • Eight tons of waste from a uranium mine at St. Joachimsthal in Bohemia, and four years of work, yielded one-tenth of a gram of radium chloride.
    — Andrew Crumey, WSJ, 30 July 2021
  • Chromium chloride is a mineral that helps to stabilize the sugar levels in the body.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 15 Dec. 2022
  • Aluminum chloride is a form of salt that works by temporarily blocking sweat gland ducts.
    — Colleen Stinchcombe, SELF, 21 June 2022
  • Adding nickel chloride is key because without it the iron-rich Martian soil is toxic to the bacteria.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes, 7 June 2022
  • The other component of salt — chloride — might be key, some studies suggest.
    — Amber Dance, Discover Magazine, 2 Oct. 2023
  • Minnesota Avon: Several cities are seeking more time to reduce the amount of chloride, or salt, in their wastewater.
    — USA TODAY, 9 July 2019
  • Some pyrite crystals form when chloride-rich iron deposits heat up deep underground over millions of years.
    — Quanta Magazine, 1 July 2022
  • In this case, chromium chloride and sodium hydroxide swap ions.
    — Meghan Herbst, Wired, 11 May 2021
  • This suggests that the copper chloride plays a significant role in the initial bleaching.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 6 Nov. 2019
  • Vinyl chloride entered the spotlight after the Feb. 3 Ohio train derailment.
    — Li Cohen, CBS News, 17 Feb. 2023
  • The pill is a combination of two drugs: xanomeline and trospium chloride.
    — Ryan Cross, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Aug. 2022
  • In the case of salt, for example — probably the most important for runners — the process uses a reagent that reacts with its chloride to turn it purple.
    — Richard A. Lovett, Outside Online, 11 Dec. 2020
  • Sodium chloride, by contrast, causes the whole spectrum to drop evenly.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 10 Nov. 2020
  • Magnesium chloride is a salt made up of magnesium and chlorine.
    — The Editors, Field & Stream, 5 Sep. 2019
  • Vinyl chloride, which is a chemical used to make PVC pipe, is considered a carcinogen.
    — Max Filby, The Enquirer, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Vinyl chloride, which is a chemical used to make PVC pipe, is considered a carcinogen.
    — Max Filby, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2023

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