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perchlorate

[ per-klawr-eyt, -klohr- ]

noun

, Chemistry.
  1. a salt or ester of perchloric acid, as potassium perchlorate, KClO 4 .


perchlorate

/ pəˈklɔːreɪt /

noun

  1. any salt or ester of perchloric acid. Perchlorate salts contain the ion ClO 4
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


perchlorate

/ pər-klôrāt′ /

  1. A salt of perchloric acid, containing the group ClO 4 .


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Word History and Origins

Origin of perchlorate1

First recorded in 1820–30; per- + chlorate
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Example Sentences

“The perchlorate is a major problem” for Martian farming, says Edward Guinan, an astrobiologist at Villanova University in Pennsylvania who was not involved in the work.

Chloratzit: potassium chlorate or perchlorate, aryl nitro-bodies, resins, and carbohydrates.

Perchloric acid is best prepared by distilling potassium perchlorate with concentrated sulphuric acid.

It crystallizes in dark purple-red prisms, isomorphous with potassium perchlorate.

Blastine: ammonium perchlorate, sodium nitrate, dinitrotoluene, paraffin-wax.

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