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The name and formula of the compound of magnesium, chlorine and oxygen used as a drying agent is

Option: 1

magnesium oxychlorite,\mathrm{Mg}(\mathrm{OCl})_{2}


Option: 2

magnesium chlorate, \mathrm{Mg}\left(\mathrm{ClO}_{3}\right)_{2}


Option: 3

magnesium perchlorate, \mathrm{Mg}\left(\mathrm{ClO}_{4}\right)_{2}


Option: 4

none of the above

 


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Magnesium perchlorate (anhydrone) has strong affinity for water giving \mathrm{Mg}\left(\mathrm{ClO}_{4}\right)_{2} \cdot 6 \mathrm{H}_{2} \mathrm{O}. It loses whole of water when heated at 250^{\circ} \mathrm{C} and drying property is regenerated.

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