Constituent
Name
Calcium perchlorate tetrahydrate
Official name
Calcium perchlorate tetrahydrate
Family
ionic solid
Class
alkali salt
Compound type
perchlorate
Constituent abundance in material
Relevance
main - major
Arrangement
single phase
Mass fraction
1.0
Mole fraction
1.0
Chemical composition
Formula
$Ca^{2+} \cdot (ClO_4^-)_2 \bullet 4(H_2O)$
Chemical formula
Ca(ClO4)2•4(H2O)
Elemental formula
(Ca2+) Cl2 O10 (O-)2 H8
Isotope mixture type
terrestrial abundance
  Formula Name Family Number min-max Mole fraction Isotope mole fraction State Relevance
$Ca^{2+}$ Calcium cation element 1 0.14285714285714285 1 constituent cation main
$ClO_4^-$ Perchlorate ion molecule 2 0.2857142857142857 1 molecular ion main
$H_2O$ Water molecule 4 0.5714285714285714 1 hydration main
Chemical functions
  Function Number Relevance
$R-OH$ 2 main
Chemical bonds
  Bond Number Relevance
$\cdot Ca^{2+} \cdot O^{-}-$ 2
$-O \dots H-$ 8
$-\gg Cl=O$ 3 main
$=\gg Cl-O^{-}$ 1 main
$-O-H$ 2 main
Class
alkali salts (06)
Type
simple alkali salts (06.01)
Phase type
crystalline
Texture
monocrystalline
Molar mass
311.039 $g/mol$
Color
white