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perchloric acid

(pər klôrik)

a colorless, liquid acid, HClO, that is a strong oxidizing agent: its concentrated solutions can form explosive mixtures with reducing agents: used in analytical chemistry, in making solid propellants, etc.

Origin: per- + chloric

See perchloric acid in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
A clear colorless liquid, HClO4, explosively unstable under some conditions, that is a powerful oxidant used as a catalyst and in explosives.

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