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perchloric acid definition

per·chlo·ric acid (pər klôr′ik)

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.

Etymology: per- + chloric

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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