(chemistry) Describing compounds containing the most highly oxidized state of chlorine

(chemistry) any salt of perchloric acid; used in pyrotechnics and as powerful oxidizing agents.

plural of perchlorate

A clear colourless liquid; a strong acid and a violent, sometimes explosive, oxidizing agent / (chemistry) HClO₄, the oxyacid of chlorine in which chlorine has the highest oxidation number

(chemistry) The lithium salt of perchloric acid, LiClO₄ used as a source of oxygen in portable generators, and as an electrolyte in lithium batteries.