Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.
Calcium perchlorate is classified as a metal perchlorate salt with the molecular formula Ca(ClO4)2. It is an inorganic compound that is a yellow-white crystalline solid in appearance. As a strong oxidizing agent it reacts with reducing agents to generate heat and products that may be gaseous (causing pressurization in closed containers). Calcium perchlorate has been categorized as having explosive reactivity.
