Periodic acid

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Periodic acid ( per-eye-OD-ik) is an oxoacid of iodine. It can exist in two forms: orthoperiodic acid, with the chemical formula H5IO6, and metaperiodic acid, which has the formula HIO4. Periodic acids are colourless crystals. Periodic acid features iodine in the highest oxidation state of +7.

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