How do you prepare the sodium perchlorate solution and how will it behave in hydrochloric acid medium?

The sodium perchlorate will not react or be affected by the presence of HCl in the solution.

ANSWER

I beg to differ that it does react in a HCl solution.

First lets look at the actual elements within this compound. Sodium perchlorate is NaClO₄ and hydrochloric acid is HCl. Then look at the structure of each, which wikipedia has very good structures.

Knowing how atoms and elements act with each other. You can see that the oxygen is very reactive due to its negative charge and only has one bond to the Cl, so, it wants to complete the 'octet rule'. Thus, it picks up the hydrogen from the HCl. This completes its octet rule and has no charge. Cl then is incomplete, making it reactive, thus, taking sodium to complete its octet rule. So all in all, this reaction creates Salt (NaCl) and percholric acid (HClO₄)

Here's the equation to clarify:

NaClO₄ + HCl -> NaCl + HClO₄

Hope this helps!

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