Chloric acid
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Chloric acid | |
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General | |
Other names | chloric(V) acid |
Molecular formula | HClO3 |
Molar mass | 84.45914 g mol−1 |
Appearance | colourless solution |
CAS number | [7790-93-4] |
Properties | |
Density and phase | ca. 1 g/ml, solution |
Solubility in water | >40 g/100 ml (20 °C) |
Acidity (pKa) | ca. −1 |
Structure | |
Molecular shape | pyramidal |
Dipole moment | ? D |
Hazards | |
MSDS | External MSDS |
Main hazards | Oxidant |
NFPA 704 | |
Supplementary data page | |
Structure and properties |
n, εr, etc. |
Thermodynamic data |
Phase behaviour Solid, liquid, gas |
Spectral data | UV, IR, NMR, MS |
Related compounds | |
Other anions | bromic acid iodic acid |
Other cations | ammonium chlorate sodium chlorate potassium chlorate |
Related compounds | hydrochloric acid hypochlorous acid chlorous acid perchloric acid |
Except where noted otherwise, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C, 100 kPa) Infobox disclaimer and references |
Chloric acid, HClO3, is an oxoacid of chlorine, and the formal precursor of chlorate salts. It is almost a strong acid (pKa ≈ −1) and oxidising agent.
It is prepared by the reaction of sulfuric acid with barium chlorate, the insoluble barium sulfate being removed by precipitation:
- Ba(ClO3)2 + H2SO4 → 2HClO3 + BaSO4
Another method is the heating of hypochlorous acid, of which productions include chloric acid and hydrogen chloride:
- 3HClO → HClO3 + 2 HCl
It is stable in cold aqueous solution up to a concentration of approximately 30%, and solution of up to 40% can be prepared by careful evaporation under reduced pressure. Above these concentrations, and on warming, chloric acid solutions decompose to give a variety of products, for example:
- 8HClO3 → 4HClO4 + 2H2O + 2Cl2 + 3 O2
- 3HClO3 → HClO4 + H2O + 2 ClO2
The decomposition is controlled by kinetic factors: indeed, chloric acid is never thermodynamically stable with respect to disproportionation.
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[edit] References
- Greenwood, N. N.; A. Earnshaw (1997). Chemistry of the Elements, 2nd Edition, Oxford:Butterworth-Heinemann. ISBN 0-7506-3365-4.
- King, R. B. (Ed.) (1994) Encyclopedia of Inorganic Chemistry, Vol. 2, p. 658. Chichester:Wiley. ISBN 0-471-93620-0