How do you write the name for NaClO_4NaClO4?

1 Answer
Mar 11, 2018

Like this...."sodium perchlorate..."sodium perchlorate...

Explanation:

The "perchlorate anion"perchlorate anion, ClO_4^(-)ClO4, features chlorine in its highest Group oxidation state, i.e. Cl(+VII)Cl(+VII)...

HClO_4HClO4, "perchloric acid"perchloric acid, is an exceptionally strong Bronsted acid for which the given equilibrium LIES strongly to the right as we face the page...

HClO_4(aq) + H_2O(l) rightleftharpoonsClO_4^(-)+H_3O^+HClO4(aq)+H2O(l)ClO4+H3O+

...and thus sodium perchlorate is a very weak Bronsted base...that competes poorly for the proton...