TCCA

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A form of trichloroisocyanuric acid — A white crystalline powder with a chlorine-like odor, used as a disinfectant and a reagent in organic synthesis.

UncommonScrabble 8

Meanings

nounTCCA (uncountable)
  1. abbreviationuncountablechemistryAbbreviation of trichloroisocyanuric acid.

    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.

    2024 November 24, Chris Boyette, “Investigators release update on BioLab chemical plant fire probe”, in CNN

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