perchloric acid

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perchloric acid (uncountable)

  1. A clear colourless liquid; a strong acid and a violent, sometimes explosive, oxidizing agent
  2. (chemistry) HClO4, the oxyacid of chlorine in which chlorine has the highest oxidation number

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