nitrogen trichloride

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nitrogen trichloride (uncountable)

  1. (chemistry) the binary compound of nitrogen and chlorine, NCl3; an unstable explosive liquid.
    • 2024 November 24, Chris Boyette, “Investigators release update on BioLab chemical plant fire probe”, in CNN‎[1]:
      When TCCA touches a small amount of water and doesn’t dissolve, “it can experience a chemical reaction, generating heat and causing the decomposition of the chemical, which in turn produces toxic chlorine gas and can produce explosive nitrogen trichloride,” a 2023 report by the CSB said.

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