Knowra Chloric acid Chloric acid Chloric acid is an inorganic oxoacid with the formula HClO₃, in which chlorine has oxidation state +5. It is a strong acid and a powerful oxidizing agent, especially in concentrated solution.
Chlorate : Chlorate is the polyatomic ion ClO₃⁻, containing chlorine in the +5 oxidation state. Loss of a proton from chloric acid produces this conjugate base.
Oxoacid : An oxoacid is an acid containing hydrogen, oxygen, and at least one other element. Chloric acid belongs to this structural family.
Sodium chlorate : Sodium chlorate is the ionic compound NaClO₃, a water-soluble salt and industrial oxidizer. It is a major chlorate salt associated with chloric acid’s conjugate base.
Hypochlorous acid : Hypochlorous acid is the chlorine oxoacid HClO, with chlorine in the +1 oxidation state. It is the least oxygenated member of the common chlorine oxoacid series.
Chlorine oxoacids : Chlorine oxoacids are acids composed of hydrogen, oxygen, and chlorine in different oxidation states. Chloric acid is one member of this oxidation-state series.
Oxidation state : Oxidation state is the formal charge assigned to an atom under a set of electron-allocation rules. The +5 value distinguishes chlorine in chloric acid from its states in other oxoacids.
Potassium chlorate : Potassium chlorate is the ionic compound KClO₃, used as an oxidizer and oxygen source. Its chlorate ion is the same conjugate base found in chloric acid.
Perchloric acid : Perchloric acid is the chlorine oxoacid HClO₄, with chlorine in the +7 oxidation state. It is the more oxygenated, higher-oxidation-state counterpart to chloric acid.
Oxidizing agent : An oxidizing agent accepts electrons from another substance and is itself reduced. Chloric acid can accept electrons as chlorine in it is reduced.
Strong acid : A strong acid ionizes extensively in water, producing hydronium ions and conjugate-base anions. Chloric acid behaves as a strong acid in dilute aqueous solution.
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