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Anhydrone is used as a drying agent - why?

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Anhydrone or magnesium perchlorate, `Mg(ClO_4)_2` is used as a drying agent because, due to smaller size and higher charge, Mg has greater tendency of complexation with water molecules by forming `Mg(CIO_4)_2.6H_2O`.s
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