perchlorate Chem.
(pəˈklɔərət)
[f. per-1 5 b + chlorate.]
A salt of perchloric acid. Hence perˈchlorated ppl. a. (see quot.).
| 1826 Henry's Elem. Chem. I. 537 Per-chlorate of potassa does not change vegetable colours. 1856 Miller Elem. Chem. II. 536 No insoluble perchlorate is known: the perchlorate of potash is the least soluble of these compounds. 1880 E. Cleminshaw Wurtz' Atom. The. 140 The alkaline sulphates, selenates, permanganates, and perchlorates are isomorphous with each other. |
| 1857 Mayne Expos. Lex. 905/1 *Perchlorated ether has been employed to designate a body obtained either by combining directly chlorine with olefiant gas, or [etc.]. |