chloric acid

n (Elements & Compounds) a strong acid with a pungent smell, known only in solution and in the form of chlorate salts. Formula: HClO3

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chloric acid - (HClO3) a strong unstable acid with an acrid odor found in chlorate saltsacid - any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt

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chloric acid:

see chloratechlorate
and perchlorate
, salts of chloric acid, HClO₃, and perchloric acid, HClO₄, respectively. Chloric Acid and Its Salts

Chloric acid, HClO₃·7H₂
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Chloric Acid

HClO₃, a strong monobasic acid, in which chlorine is in the + 5 oxidation state. Chloric acid, which has not been obtained in pure form, is rather stable in cold aqueous solutions at concentrations below 30 percent. More concentrated solutions decompose: 8HClO₃ = 4HClO₄ + 3O₂ + 2Cl₂ + 2H₂O. Chloric acid is a strong oxidizing agent, and its oxidizing strength increases with increasing concentration and temperature. For example, filter paper ignites in a 40-percent solution of the acid. Chloric acid is obtained as a result of the decomposition of hypo-chlorous acid, in the electrolysis of chloride solutions, and, under laboratory conditions, in the reaction of barium chlorate with dilute sulfuric acid: Ba(ClO₃)₂ + H₂SO₄ = BaSO₄ + 2HClO₃.

Chlorate salts correspond to chloric acid; the most important are sodium chlorate, potassium chlorate, calcium chlorate, and magnesium chlorate.

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chloric acid

[′klȯr·ik ′as·əd] (inorganic chemistry) HClO₃ A compound that exists only in solution and as chlorate salts; breaks down at 40°C.

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noun (HClO3) a strong unstable acid with an acrid odor found in chlorate salts

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