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Periodic acid (HIO4) is hydrogen periodate. It is the acid of the periodate ion (IO4-). When naming an acid you look at the the name of the ion.

If it ends in -ate, you take off the ending and add -ic acid

(acetate -> acetic acid, periodate -> periodic acid)

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