perchlorinationn.
/pəˌklɔːrᵻˈneɪʃn/, /pəˌklɒrᵻˈneɪʃn/, U.S. /pərˌklɔrəˈneɪʃ(ə)n/ Chemistry.
Conversion to a perchlorinated form.
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1882 Athenæum 11 Nov. 632/1 The authors have studied the effect of exhaustive perchlorination..on quinolin [etc.].
1975 Pesticides Monitoring Jrnl. 9 21 Additional PCB confirmations were obtained through perchlorination.
1998 Chemosphere 37 2261 These compounds are mainly aromatics with a vinyl- or butadienyl-group, stabilized by perchlorination.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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