Cerium(IV) perchlorate is an inorganic compound composed of cerium and perchloric acid. It has the chemical formula of Ce(ClO4)4.

Uses Cerium(IV) perchlorate is used as a catalyst in organic chemistry for the determination of strontium and for cerimetry.E. Gagliardi, E. Wolf: Bestimmung von Strontium mit Cer(IV)-perchlorat. In: Microchimica Acta. 51, 1963, S. 578, doi:10.1007/BF01217587. It has a very high redox potential at Ce4+/Ce3+ of +1.87 V in 8 M HClO4.

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