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OUTLIER Word Stories · How I knew it
PERCHLORIDE
“This is a mostly deprecated naming term for a compound with more chlorines than normal (and what does *that* mean? Well, that's why it's largely not used any more). You might be more familiar with the perchlorate, chlorate, chlorite, and hypochlorite naming scheme.”
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