hygroscopic, colorless, crystalline mass; fumes slightly in air, is soluble in alcohol and acetone, and forms antimony oxychloride in water; used as a mordant, as a chlorinating agent, and in fireproofing textiles
Carr-Price reagent: stir approximately 25 g antimony trichloride a.p. (kept in a desiccator) with 100 ml chloroform ... until the solution is saturated.
