Determining the oxidation numbers of chlorine in perchloric acid
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What is the oxidation number of chlorine in perchloric acid, HClO4?
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HClO4 or perchloric acid is essentially made of H+ and ClO4- so we can disregard the H+ and work with CLO4- alone.
To figure out the oxidation number of Cl in ClO4- we will dissect the ...
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