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Perchloric acid is a highly corrosive chemical compound made of hydrogen, chlorine, and oxygen that can dissolve many materials and react vigorously with organic substances. It's important in industrial and laboratory applications where its strong properties are needed, but it requires careful handling due to its dangerous nature.
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Chemical data
- Formula
- ClHO4
- Molecular weight
- 100.46 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- perchloric acid
- SMILES
- OCl(=O)(=O)=O
- InChIKey
- VLTRZXGMWDSKGL-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 2.3
- Polar surface area
- 71.4 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 1
- H-bond acceptors
- 4
- Formal charge
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 99.956336
- Image
- Perchloric acid 60 percent.jpg
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- boiling point
- 203
- canonical SMILES
- OCl(=O)(=O)=O
- chemical formula
- HClO₄
- Commons category
- Perchloric acid
- MCN code
- 2811.19.30
- density
- 1.76
- melting point
- -102
- pKa
- -10
- standard enthalpy of formation
- -40.4
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