A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v1.c21.21
A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v1.c21.21
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oxide, a constituent of the burnt earth “*mitsuchi*”¹ which really acts as the chlorinating agent, if we may so call it, in that it combines with the hydrochloric acid forming ferric chloride, and the latter in turn dissociates into *ferrous chloride* and *free chlorine*.