sulfur chloride

noun

: a chloride of sulfur: such as

a

: a yellow fuming irritating corrosive toxic liquid S₂Cl₂ that is made usually by reaction of chlorine with molten sulfur and often contains sulfur or sulfur dichloride and that is used chiefly as a chlorinating or sulfurizing agent or as both simultaneously, in making vulcanized oils, and in the cold cure of rubber; di-sulfur dichloride

called also sulfur monochloride

b

: sulfur dichloride

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