Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.
Potassium periodate is an inorganic salt with the molecular formula KIO4. It is composed of a potassium cation and a periodate anion and may also be regarded as the potassium salt of periodic acid. Note that the pronunciation is per-iodate not period-ate.Unlike other common periodates such as sodium periodate and periodic acid it is only available in in the metaperiodate form; the corresponding potassium orthoperiodate (K5IO6) has never been reported.
