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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A white, crystalline inorganic acid, HIO4·2H2O, used as an oxidizer.

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  • noun inorganic chemistry HIO4, the oxyacid of iodine in which iodine has the highest oxidation number; it is a white crystalline substance, and a strong oxidizing agent

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  • noun any acid of iodine that contains oxygen

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