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ETHYL CHLORIDE, or HYDROCHLORIC ETHER...

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Originally appearing in Volume V09, Page 851 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ETHYL CHLORIDE, or HYDROCHLORIC See also:ETHER, C2H5C1  , a chemical See also:compound prepared by passing dry hydrochloric See also:acid See also:gas into See also:absolute See also:alcohol . It is a colourless liquid with a sweetish burning See also:taste and an agreeable odour . It is extremely volatile, boiling at 12.5° C . (54'5° F.), and is therefore a gas at See also:ordinary See also:room temperatures; it is stored in See also:glass tubes fitted with See also:screw-capped nozzles . The vapour See also:burns with a smoky See also:green-edged See also:flame . It is largely used in See also:dentistry and slight surgical operations to produce See also:local See also:anaesthesia (q.v.), and is known by the See also:trade-name kelene . More volatile anaesthetics such as anestile or anaesthyl and coryl are produced by mixing with methyl chloride; a mixture of See also:ethyl and methyl chlorides with ethyl bromide is known as somnoform .

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