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Periodic acid Moderate

Periodic acid has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

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Noun
1

any acid of iodine that contains oxygen

2

HIO₄ or H₅IO₆, the oxyacids of iodine in which iodine has the highest oxidation number; H₅IO₆ is a white crystalline substance (HIO₄ is not stable), and both are strong oxidizing agents.

See Also
hydriodic acid iodine crystalline oxidation number substance white periodic oxidizing agent
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
oxyacid
Rhyming Words
cid acid scid picid arcid alcid mucid lucid ficid lycid coccid esocid odacid marcid muscid raucid chacid viscid caecid diacid
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