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chloric acid

noun

  1. a hypothetical acid, HClO 3 , known only in solution or in the form of its salts.


chloric acid

noun

  1. a strong acid with a pungent smell, known only in solution and in the form of chlorate salts. Formula: HClO 3
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Origin of chloric acid1

First recorded in 1860–65
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The aqueous solution can be concentrated in vacuo over sulphuric acid until it contains 40% of chloric acid.

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Hydrochloric acid, sulphuretted hydrogen and sulphurous acid are rapidly oxidized by chloric acid.

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It may be distinguished from chloric acid by the fact that it does not give chlorine peroxide when treated with concentrated sulphuric acid, and that it is not reduced by sulphurous acid.

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CHLORATES, the metallic salts of chloric acid; they are all solids, soluble in water, the least soluble being the potassium salt.

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This releases chloric acid, which, being an extremely powerful antiseptic, kills the bacteria to which the ulcers are due.

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