A train carrying toxic perchloric acid has exploded in a Nebraska rail yard, prompting evacuation orders to be issued, as huge plumes are seen engulfing the city. The incident happened on Union ...

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IN the study of the radiation chemistry of metal ions in solution, it may seem desirable to use perchloric acid solutions because it is generally assumed that perchlorate ions show relatively little ...

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ACCORDING to recent views, hundred per cent liquid oxacids are pseudo-homogeneous substances, composed of covalent hydroxyl compounds partly associated by means of the unsaturated hydroxyl group. In a ...

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