† hydrochlorate Chem. Obs.
(haɪdrəʊˈklɔərət)
[f. as next + -ate1 1 c.]
An old name for a chloride, viewed as a salt of hydrochloric acid (formerly also called muriate); also for a hydrochloride.
| 1819 J. G. Children Chem. Anal. 269 Dr. Murray..conceives the carbonates to arise from the decomposition of the hydrochlorates of lime and magnesia, in the process of evaporation to dryness. 1880 J. W. Legg Bile 11 A precipitate..consisting of hydrochlorate of glycocoll. 1898 Rev. Brit. Pharm. 13 The hydrochlorates are now all called hydrochlorides. |