Reactivity Profile: Sodium perchlorate is a strong oxidizing agent. Explosively decomposed at over 130°C [Merck 11th ed. 1989]. A mixture with powdered magnesium is a friction-sensitive mixture [Safety Eng. Reports 1947]. A mixture with ammonium nitrate is used as an explosive [Mellor 2 Supp. 1:608 1956]. A 1:1 mixture of the perchlorate and hydrazine exploded upon grinding, [Chem. Abs., 1969, 70, 53524].

Reported in EPA TSCA Inventory.

DOT Classification:  5.1; Label: Oxidizer

The Sodium perchlorate is the inorganic compound with the formula NaClO₄. It is a white crystalline, hygroscopic solid that is highly soluble in water and in alcohol. It belongs to the product categories of Inorganics; ACS GradeSynthetic Reagents; Essential Chemicals; Oxidation; Perchlorates; Routine Reagents. Its EINECS registry number is 231-511-9. With the CAS registry number 7601-89-0, its IUPAC name is sodium perchlorate.

Physical properties of Sodium perchlorate: (1)H-Bond Donor: 0; (2)H-Bond Acceptor: 4; (3)Rotatable Bond Count: 0; (4)Exact Mass: 121.938281; (5)MonoIsotopic Mass: 121.938281; (6)Topological Polar Surface Area: 74.3; (7)Heavy Atom Count: 6; (8)Formal Charge: 0; (9)Complexity: 118; (10)Isotope Atom Count: 0; (11)Defined Atom StereoCenter Count: 0; (12)Undefined Atom StereoCenter Count: 0; (13)Defined Bond StereoCenter Count: 0; (14)Undefined Bond StereoCenter Count: 0; (15)Covalently-Bonded Unit Count: 2.

Preparation: Sodium perchlorate is produced by anodic oxidation of sodium chlorate, not sodium chloride, at a platinum electrode.

NaClO₃ + H₂O → NaClO₄ + H₂

Uses of Sodium perchlorate: (1)Perchloric acid is made by treating NaClO₄ with HCl; (2)NaClO₄ finds only minimal use in pyrotechnics because it is hygroscopic; ammonium and potassium perchlorates are preferred. (3)NaClO₄ has a variety of uses in the laboratory, often as a nonreactive electrolyte. For example, it is used in standard DNA extraction and hybridization reactions in molecular biology.

When you are using this chemical, please be cautious about it as the following:
This chemical reacts exothermically with other chemicals. It may cause damage to health. In addition, it is explosive when mixed with combustible material. Secondly, it is harmful if swallowed. You should keep it away from food, drink and animal feeding stuffs. After contacted it, you must take off immediately all contaminated clothing.

You can still convert the following datas into molecular structure:
(1)Canonical SMILES: [O-]Cl(=O)(=O)=O.[Na+]
(2)InChI: InChI=1S/ClHO4.Na/c2-1(3,4)5;/h(H,2,3,4,5);/q;+1/p-1
(3)InChIKey: BAZAXWOYCMUHIX-UHFFFAOYSA-M

The toxicity data is as follows: