Dictionaryalu'minum chlo'rideChem. a yellow-white, crystalline, water-soluble solid that in its white hydrated form, AlCl3·6H2O, is used chiefly as a wood preservative and in its yellow-white anhydrous form, AlCl3, chiefly as a catalyst. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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