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chloric acid


n.

A strongly oxidizing unstable acid, HClO3·7H2O.


 
 
Medical Dictionary: chlo·ric acid
(klôr'ĭk)
n.

A strongly oxidizing unstable chlorine acid that exists only in solution and as chlorates.

 
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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: (HClO3) a strong unstable acid with an acrid odor found in chlorate salts


 
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Chloric acid
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Other names Chloric(V) acid
Identifiers
CAS number 7790-93-4
Properties
Molecular formula HClO3
Molar mass 84.45914 g mol−1
Appearance colourless solution
Density ca. 1 g/ml, solution
Solubility in water >40 g/100 ml (20 °C)
Acidity (pKa) ca. −1
Structure
Molecular shape pyramidal
Hazards
MSDS External MSDS
Main hazards Oxidant
Related Compounds
Other anions bromic acid
iodic acid
Other cations ammonium chlorate
sodium chlorate
potassium chlorate
Related compounds hydrochloric acid
hypochlorous acid
chlorous acid
perchloric acid
Supplementary data page
Structure and
properties
n, εr, etc.
Thermodynamic
data
Phase behaviour
Solid, liquid, gas
Spectral data UV, IR, NMR, MS
Except where noted otherwise, data are given for
materials in their standard state
(at 25 °C, 100 kPa)

Infobox disclaimer and references

Chloric acid, HClO3, is an oxoacid of chlorine, and the formal precursor of chlorate salts. It is almost a strong acid (pKa ≈ −1) and oxidising agent.

It is prepared by the reaction of sulfuric acid with barium chlorate, the insoluble barium sulfate being removed by precipitation:

Ba(ClO3)2 + H2SO4 → 2HClO3 + BaSO4

Another method is the heating of hypochlorous acid, of which productions include chloric acid and hydrogen chloride:

3HClO → HClO3 + 2 HCl

It is stable in cold aqueous solution up to a concentration of approximately 30%, and solution of up to 40% can be prepared by careful evaporation under reduced pressure. Above these concentrations, and on warming, chloric acid solutions decompose to give a variety of products, for example:

8HClO3 → 4HClO4 + 2H2O + 2Cl2 + 3 O2
3HClO3 → HClO4 + H2O + 2 ClO2

The decomposition is controlled by kinetic factors: indeed, chloric acid is never thermodynamically stable with respect to disproportionation.

See also

References

    • Greenwood, N. N.; Earnshaw, A. (1997). Chemistry of the Elements, 2nd Edition, Oxford:Butterworth-Heinemann. ISBN 0-7506-3365-4. 
    • King, R. B. (Ed.) (1994) Encyclopedia of Inorganic Chemistry, Vol. 2, p. 658. Chichester:Wiley. ISBN 0-471-93620-0

     
     

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