Aluminium chloride
WordNet
noun
(1) A chloride used as a wood preservative or catalyst
WiktionaryText
Noun
- AlCl, only exists in the gas phase when AlCl3 is heated with aluminium.
- AlCl3, the aluminium salt of hydrochloric acid; forms the covalent dimer Al2Cl6 when melted; it has very many industrial applications, including that of a catalyst in Friedel-Crafts reactions.