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Hydrochloride vs Chloride - What's the difference?

hydrochloride | chloride | Derived terms |

Chloride is a derived term of hydrochloride.



In chemistry terms the difference between hydrochloride and chloride

is that hydrochloride is a compound of hydrochloric acid with an organic base such as an amine while chloride is any salt of hydrochloric acid, such as sodium chloride, or any binary compound of chlorine and another element or radical.

hydrochloride

English

Noun

(wikipedia hydrochloride) (en noun)
  • (chemistry) A compound of hydrochloric acid with an organic base such as an amine
  • chloride

    English

    Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia chloride)
  • (chemistry) any salt of hydrochloric acid, such as sodium chloride, or any binary compound of chlorine and another element or radical
  • Derived terms

    * aluminic chloride * aluminium chloride, aluminum chloride * ammonium chloride * ammonium ruthenium chloride * argentic chloride * argentous chloride * auric chloride * auro-chloride * barium chloride * benzalkonium chloride * benzenediazochloride * berkelium chloride * beryllium chloride * bichloride * bromine chloride * cadmium chloride * caesium chloride, cesium chloride * calcium chloride * carbonyl chloride * cerous chloride * chloride of lime * chloride of potash * chloride of soda * chlorider * chloridise, chloridize * chromic chloride * chromo-chloride * chromous chloride * cobalt chloride * cobaltous chloride * copper chloride * cupric chloride * cuprous chloride * curium chloride * cyanogen chloride * cyanuric chloride * dichloride * diethylaluminium chloride * dimercury chloride * dimethylvinylchloride * ferric chloride * ferrous chloride * gold chloride * hexachloride * hexadecachloride * hydrochloride * hydrogen chloride * indium chloride * iodo-chloride * iridio-chloride * iridious chloride * iron chloride * lead chloride * lithium chloride * magnesium chloride * manganese chloride * manganous chloride * mercuric chloride * mercurous chloride * methyl chloride * molybdenum chloride * monochloride * nickel chloride, nickelous chloride * niobium chloride * nitro blue tetrazolium chloride * osmic chloride * osmiochloride * osmious chloride * oxychloride * palladium chloride * pentachloride * perchloride * phosphoric chloride * phosphorous chloride * phosphorus chloride * phosphoryl chloride * platinammonium chloride * platinic chloride * platinichloride * platinochloride * platinoso-platinic chloride * platinous chloride * plumbic chloride * plumbous chloride * polyvinyl chloride * polyvinylidene chloride * potassio-platinic chloride * potassio-platinum chloride * potassium chloride * potassium magnesium chloride hexahydrate * promethium chloride * protochloride * radium chloride * rhodio-chloride * rubidium chloride * scandium chloride * silver chloride * sodium chloride * stannic chloride * stannous chloride * strontium chloride * strontium chloride hexahydrate * subchloride * sulfonyl chloride * sulfuric chloride * sulfurous chloride, sulphurous chloride * sulfuryl chloride, sulphuryl chloride * tantalic chloride * tellurium chloride * tetrachloride * thallous chloride * thionyl chloride * thorium chloride * tin chloride * titanium chloride * trichloride * tungstic chloride * tungstous chloride * uranous chloride * uranyl chloride * vanadium chloride * vanadous chloride * vinyl chloride * vinylidene chloride * xenon chloride * yttrium anhydrous chloride * zinc chloride

    Synonyms

    * muriate (obsolete )