GFS is one of the largest producers of perchloric acid and specialty perchlorate salts in the world.

Because of the unusual properties of perchloric acid dehydrate there are many uses in chemical analysis:

• As a solvent for metals and alloys
• As a dehydrating agent, particularly in the determination of silica in iron and steel and in cement and other silicate materials.
• As an oxidizing agent, especially in the determination of chromium in steel, ferrochrome, chromite, leather and chromatized cat gut.
• In combination with nitric acid for the destruction of organic matter, especially in preparation for the determination of calcium, arsenic, iron, copper and other metals in such materials; also in the determination of sulfur in coal and rubber.
• As a solvent for sulfide ores for the determination of copper and other metals
• In the separation and determination of the alkali metals sodium and potassium
• In combination with hydrochloric acid in the separation of other metals by distillation of chromyl chloride.
• In the isolation of fluoride prior to its determination by distillation as hydrofluorosilicic acid
• As a deproteinization reagent in food analysis; for example, in the determination of butterfat in dairy products
• As an adjunct to increase the reduction potential of cerate salts in volumetric analysis
• As a primary standard acid, perchloric acid, when distilled in a vacuum at a carefully regulated pressure of 7mm, has exactly the composition of the dehydrate, 73.6% HCLO₄
• Indirectly in the manufacture of anhydrous magnesium perchlorate, the best of the absorbents for water in analytical work
• As a strong standard acid for the titration of bases
• As the strongest of the strong acids when dissolved in anhydrous acetic acid for the titration of bases in non-aqueous solvents

All of the applications of perchloric acid listed above are in routine use in industrial and testing laboratories.

Catalog Items:

PHLORIC ACID & SALTS

ACETYLCHOLINE PERCHLORATE, REAGENT (Item 389)

ALUMINUM PERCHLORATE, DEHYDRATED, REAGENT (Item 3718)

ALUMINUM PERCHLORATE, HYDRATED, REAGENT  (Item 2)

AMMONIUM PERCHLORATE, REAGENT  (Item 3)

BARIUM PERCHLORATE, ANHYDROUS  (Item 7)

BARIUM PERCHLORATE, HYDRATED, REAGENT (Item 8)

BARIUM PERCHLORATE, 0.01 N, AQUEOUS SOLUTION (Item 5000)

BISMUTHYL PERCHLORATE MONOHYDRATE, REAGENT (Item 357)

CADMIUM PERCHLORATE, DEHYDRATED, REAGENT  (Item 3722)

CADMIUM PERCHLORATE, HEXAHYDRATE, REAGENT (Item 265)

CALCIUM PERCHLORATE, DEHYDRATED, REAGENT (Item 3723)

CALCIUM PERCHLORATE, HYDRATED, REAGENT (Item 12)

CEROUS PERCHLORATE, CRYSTALLINE HYDRATE (Item 3740)

CEROUS PERCHLORATE, HYDRATED, REAGENT (Item 32)

CESIUM PERCHLORATE, REAGENT (Item 341)

CHROMIUM PERCHLORATE, DEHYDRATED, REAGENT (Item 3792)

CHROMIUM PERCHLORATE, HYDRATED, REAGENT (Item 35)

COBALT PERCHLORATE, DEHYDRATED, REAGENT (Item 3793)

COBALT PERCHLORATE, HEXAHYDRATE, REAGENT (Item 36)

CUPRIC PERCHLORATE, DEHYDYDRATED, REAGENT (Item 3794)

CUPRIC PERCHLORATE, HYDRATED, 99.999% (Item 2186)

CUPRIC PERCHLORATE, HYDRATED, REAGENT (Item 38)

DYSPROSIUM PERCHLORATE, HYDRATED, SOLUTION, REAGENT (Item 523)

ERBIUM PERCHLORATE, HYDRATED, SOLUTION, REAGENT (Item 524)

EUROPIUM PERCHLORATE, HYDRATED, SOLUTION, REAGENT (Item 637)

FERRIC PERCHLORATE, DEHYDRATED, REAGENT (Item 3924)

FERRIC PERCHLORATE, HYDRATED, YELLOW, REAGENT (Item 39)

FERRIC PERCHLORATE, HYDRATED, NON-YELLOW, REAGENT (Item 40)

FERROUS PERCHLORATE, DEHYDRATED, REAGENT (Item 3973)

FERROUS PERCHLORATE, HYDRATED, REAGENT (Item 42)

GADOLINIUM PERCHLORATE, CRYSTALLINE HYDRATE (Item 3977)

GADOLINIUM PERCHLORATE, HYDRATED, SOLUTION, REAGENT (Item 525)

GALLIUM PERCHLORATE, HYDRATED, 50% SOLUTION, REAGENT (Item 351)

HOLMIUM PERCHLORATE, HYDRATED, SOLUTION, REAGENT (Item 526)

INDIUM PERCHLORATE, HYDRATED, REAGENT (Item 296)

LANTHANUM PERCHLORATE, CRYSTALLINE HYDRATE (Item 5139)

LANTHANUM PERCHLORATE, HYDRATED, REAGENT (Item 527)

LEAD PERCHLORATE, DEHYDRATED (Item 5142)

LEAD PERCHLORATE, TRIHYDRATE, REAGENT (ACS) (Item 49)

LEAD PERCHLORATE, SATURATED SOLUTION, REAGENT (Item 50)

LEAD PERCHLORATE SOLUTION, 50%, REAGENT (Item 51)

LITHIUM PERCHLORATE, BATTERY GRADE (Item 233)

LITHIUM PERCHLORATE, ANHYDROUS, REAGENT (ACS) (Item 221)

LITHIUM PERCHLORATE, HYDRATED, (ACS) REAGENT (Item 53)

LUTETIUM PERCHLORATE, HYDRATED, 99.9%, 50% SOLUTION IItem 639)

MAGNESIUM PERCHLORATE, ANHYDROUS, REAGENT (ACS) (Item 54)

MAGNESIUM PERCHLORATE, ANHYDROUS, REAGENT (ACS) (Item 55)

MAGNESIUM PERCHLORATE, HYDRATED, REAGENT (Item 56)

MAGNESIUM PERCHLORATE, SOLUTION (Item 589)

MANGANESE PERCHLORATE, HYDRATED, REAGENT (Item57)

MERCURIC PERCHLORATE, DEHYDRATED (Item 5148)

MERCURIC PERCHLORATE, TRIHYDRATE, REAGENT (Item 60)

MERCUROUS PERCHLORATE, DEHYDRATED (Item 5149)

MERCUROUS PERCHLORATE, TETRAHYDATE, REAGENT SALTS (Item 292)

NEODYMIUM PERCHLORATE, CRYSTALLINE HYDRATE (Item 5153)

NEODYMIUM PERCHLORATE, HYDRATED, 50% SOLUTION, REAGENT (Item 528)

NICKEL PERCHLORATE, DEHYDRATED, REAGENT (Item 5155)

NICKEL PERCHLORATE, HYDRATED, REAGENT (Item 62)

PERCHLORIC ACID, CONSTANT BOILING, 73.60% HClO₄ (Item 65)

PERCHLORIC ACID, 70%, VERITAS® DOUBLE DISTILLED (Item 230)

PERCHLORIC ACID, 70%, ENVIRONMENTAL GRADE (Item 2593)

PERCHLORIC ACID, 70%, VERITAS® REDISTILLED (Item 67)

PERCHLORIC ACID, 70% SUPERIOR REAGENT (ACS) (Item 2477)

PERCHLORIC ACID, 60% SUPERIOR REAGENT (ACS) (Item 2967)

PERCHLORIC ACID, 70%, REAGENT (ACS) (Item 66)

PERCHLORIC ACID, 60%, REAGENT (ACS) (Item 69)

PERCHLORIC ACID, 50%, REAGENT (ACS) (Item 6601)

PERCHLORIC ACID, 40% REAGENT (Item 2478)

PERCHLORIC ACID, 68-72%, TECHNICAL (Item 68)

PERCHLORIC ACID SOLUTION, 0.1 N, AQUEOUS (Item 1677)

PERCHLORIC ACID, 10% W/W (Item 3752)

POTASSIUM PERCHLORATE, BIO-REFINED® (Item 1929)

POTASSIUM PERCHLORATE, 100 MESH, REAGENT (ACS)(Item 297)

POTASSIUM PERCHLORATE, REAGENT (ACS) (Item 80)

POTASSIUM PERCHLORATE, COMMERCIAL (Item 373)

PRASEODYMIUM PERCHLORATE, HYDRATED, 50% SOLUTION, REAGENT (Item 529)

RUBIDIUM PERCHLORATE, REAGENT (Item 340)

SAMARIUM PERCHLORATE, HYDRATED, 50% SOLUTION, REAGENT (Item 530)

SCANDIUM PERCHLORATE, HYDRATED, 50% SOLUTION, REAGENT (Item 518)

SILVER PERCHLORATE, ANHYDROUS, REAGENT (Item 86)

SILVER PERCHLORATE, HYDRATED, REAGENT (Item 87)

SODIUM PERCHLORATE, ANHYDROUS, REAGENT (ACS) (Item 91)

SODIUM PERCHLORATE, MONOHYDRATE, BIO-REFINED (Item 1950)

SODIUM PERCHLORATE, MONOHYDRATE, REAGENT (ACS) (Item 92)

STRONTIUM PERCHLORATE, DEHYDRATED, REAGENT (Item 5168)

STRONTIUM PERCHLORATE, HYDRATED, REAGENT (Item 96)

TERBIUM PERCHLORATE, HYDRATED, 50% SOLUTION, REAGENT (Item 641)

TETRABUTYLAMMONIUM PERCHLORATE, REAGENT (Item 394)

TETRAETHYLAMMONIUM PERCHLORATE (Item 511)

TETRAHEXYLAMMONIUM PERCHLORATE (Item 512)

TETRAMETHYLAMMONIUM PERCHLORATE (Item 510)

THULIUM PERCHLORATE, HYDRATED, 50% SOLUTION, REAGENT (Item 643)

TRIMETHYLAMMONIUM PERCHLORATE, REAGENT (Item 596)

YTTERBIUM PERCHLORATE, HYDRATED, 50% SOLUTION, REAGENT (Item 531)

YTTRIUM PERCHLORATE, CRYSTALLINE HYDRATE (Item 5183)

YTTRIUM PERCHLORATE, HYDRATED, 50% SOLUTION, REAGENT (Item 532)

ZINC PERCHLORATE, DEHYDRATED, REAGENT (Item 5184)

ZINC PERCHLORATE, HYDRATED, REAGENT (Item 102)

ZIRCONYL PERCHLORATE, HYDRATED, REAGENT (Item 280)

For more information contact inorganicdevelopment@gfschemicals.com.