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periodic acids

periodic acids is the plural of periodic acid.

Meaning of periodic acid

Noun

periodic acid (plural periodic acids)

  1. HIO₄ or H₅IO₆, the oxyacids of iodine in which iodine has the highest oxidation number; H₅IO₆ is a white crystalline substance (HIO₄ is not stable), and both are strong oxidizing agents.

Questions about periodic acids

What is periodic acids the plural of?
Periodic acids is the plural of periodic acid.

Words near periodic acids in the dictionary

  1. periodates
  2. perioded
  3. periodentosis
  4. periodic
  5. periodic acid
  6. periodic acids
  7. periodic comet
  8. periodic comets
  9. periodic continued fraction
  10. periodic continued fractions
  11. periodic fever syndrome

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