It is insoluble in nitric acid, but readily soluble in ammonia; it fuses without decomposition, forming, when cold, a tough, horny mass, and is reduced by hydrogen and by fusion with carbonate of soda, or with resin.
Chloride of Bromine.

(See page 74.) Chloride of Iodine.

(See page 85.) Chloride of potassium .-- or (Muriate of Potassa) .-- Dissolve half an ounce of carbonate of potassa in water, and neutralize with muriatic acid.

Upon concentrating the solutions, cubic crystals will be obtained, having a taste similar to common salt.

They consist of potassium and chloride, and when dissolved in water they may be regarded as muriate of potassa.
Chloride of Lime .-- Mix half an ounce of slacked lime (hydrate of lime) with six ounces of water, and conduct into this milk of lime, with frequent agitation, as much chlorine gas as will evolve from two ounces of muriatic acid and half an ounce of black oxide of manganese.