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Potassium chlorate   /pətˈæsiəm klˈɔreɪt/   Listen
Potassium chlorate

noun
1.
A white salt (KClO3) used in matches, fireworks, and explosives; also used as a disinfectant and bleaching agent.





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"Potassium chlorate" Quotes from Famous Books



... are used of not less strength than 1 gram charge consisting by weight of 90 parts of mercury fulminate and 10 parts of potassium chlorate (or its equivalent), except for the explosive 'Masurite M. L. F.' for which the detonator shall be of not less strength than 1 ...
— Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXX, Dec. 1910 • Herbert M. Wilson
... from potassium chlorate (usual laboratory method). Potassium chlorate is a white solid which consists of 31.9% potassium, 28.9% chlorine, and 39.2% oxygen. When heated it undergoes a series of changes in which all the oxygen is finally ...
— An Elementary Study of Chemistry • William McPherson


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