Pertechnetic acid, HTcO4, is an oxygen acid of technetium. General Name, Symbol, Number technetium, Tc, 43 Chemical series Transition metals Group, Period, Block 7, 5, d Density, Hardness 11500 kg/m3, NA Appearance Silvery grey metallic Atomic properties Atomic mass [98] u Atomic radius (calc. ...
Pertechnetate is analogous to permanganate but it has little oxidizing power.
Solutions of pertechnetate react with the surface of iron to form technetium dioxide, in this way it is able to act as an anodic corrosion inhibitor.
Pertechnetate can substitute for iodine in the Na/I Symporter (NIS) Channel in follicular cells of the thyroid gland, inhibiting uptake of iodine into the follicular cells.