Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Noting an acid (HClO4), a syrupy liquid obtained by decomposing potassium perchlorate by means of sulphuric acid.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, the highest oxygen acid (HClO4), of chlorine; -- called also
hyperchloric .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective chemistry Describing compounds containing the most highly
oxidized state ofchlorine
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Examples
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Analysis of both lactate and pyruvate in blood is carried out on a specimen of blood, which has been pre-treated with perchloric acid.
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Cerebrospinal fluid, in most cases, can simply be collected and subsequently frozen without perchloric acid treatment.
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A colleague of mine once heated a mixture of perchloric acid and soap in a test tube once - the results were very loud and spectacular.
Gummi Bear Surprise Walter Jon Williams 2009
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The perchloric acid filched from the chemistry lab at the high school is intact; in another barrel is the sawdust.
My Sister’s Keeper Jodi Picoult 2004
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One half of the core was sampled and assayed using aqua regia digestion with AAS determination for gold, and hydrochloric/perchloric (HCl/HClO4) digestion with ICP-MS determination for copper, molybdenum, silver, zinc, lead and others (a total of 35 elements).
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Striata were homogenized in 50 volumes of ice-cold 0.2 N perchloric acid containing 0.2 mM sodium disulphide and 0.45 mM EDTA.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Nadia G. Innamorato et al. 2010
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To extract protein-rich cells, they heated the sludge at high temperature and the resulting material was dipped in nitric acid, perchloric acid, citric acid or hydrochloric acid.
IOL: News 2010
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Perchlorate, a type of salt derived from perchloric acid, has been found in drinking water in at least 35 states.
latimes.com - News 2010
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To extract protein-rich cells, they heated the sludge at high temperature and the resulting material was dipped in nitric acid, perchloric acid, citric acid or hydrochloric acid.
IOL: News 2010
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To extract protein-rich cells, they heated the sludge at high temperature and the resulting material was dipped in nitric acid, perchloric acid, citric acid or hydrochloric acid.
IOL: News 2010
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