Calcium perchlorate tetrahydrate | SSHADE

Solid phase

Official name: Calcium perchlorate tetrahydrate

Name and identifiers

Secondary names: Calcium chlorate(VII) tetrahydrate; Calcium hyperchlorate tetrahydrate; Perchloric acid, calcium salt, tetrahydrate

Family: ionic solid
Class: alkali salt
Compound type: perchlorate

Chemical composition

Formula: $Ca^{2+} \cdot (ClO_4^-)_2 \bullet 4(H_2O)$
Chemical formula: Ca(ClO4)2•4(H2O)
Elemental formula: (Ca2+) Cl2 O10 (O-)2 H8
Isotope mixture type: terrestrial abundance

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	Formula	Name	Family	Number min-max	Mole fraction	Isotope mole fraction	State	Relevance
	$Ca^{2+}$	Calcium cation	element	1	0.14285714285714285	1	constituent cation	main
	$ClO_4^-$	Perchlorate ion	molecule	2	0.2857142857142857	1	molecular ion	main
	$H_2O$	Water	molecule	4	0.5714285714285714	1	hydration	main

Chemical functions and bonds

Chemical functions

	Function	Number
	$R-OH$	2

Chemical bonds

	Bond	Number
	$\cdot Ca^{2+} \cdot O^{-}-$	2
	$-O \dots H-$	8
	$-\gg Cl=O$	3
	$=\gg Cl-O^{-}$	1
	$-O-H$	2

Class: alkali salts (06)
Type: simple alkali salts (06.01)

Crystallography

Phase type: crystalline

Physical properties

Molar mass: 311.039 $g/mol$

Thermodynamical properties

State NTP: solid

Optical properties

Pure color: colorless
Color: white