gold chloride

noun

1

: a chloride of gold

especially : the trichloride AuCl₃ or Au₂Cl₆ obtained as a dark red crystalline mass by the action of chlorine on heated gold and used chiefly in photography and in gilding and coloring ceramic ware and glass

2

: chloroauric acid

—used chiefly commercially

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