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potassium chlorate

[pə′tas·ē·əm ′klȯr‚āt]
(inorganic chemistry)
KClO3 Transparent, colorless crystals or a white powder with a melting point of 356°C; soluble in water, alcohol, and alkalies; used as an oxidizing agent, for explosives and matches, and in textile printing and paper manufacture.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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Hydrogen peroxide was tested in this study as a representative of the peroxide explosives, and potassium chlorate was tested as a representative of the chemical oxygen generators.
He built and detonated three devices made from a 7oz mixture of potassium chlorate, sulphur and sugar using batteries from a portable CD player to set-off the weapon.
Many Depression-era barrels pitted by potassium chlorate primers were rebored to .35 Whelen.
Amazingly, though flies are typically regarded as nothing more than a pesky nuisance, this image of a muscoid fly conveys an element of wonder, and beat out over 1,700 photomicrographs that beautifully captured everything from crystallized potassium chlorate to seaweed to Velcro.
These sections were left overnight in distilled [H.sub.2]O, and the next day they were placed in a first bleaching solution [potassium ferricyanide in potassium chlorate solution, lactic acid] for 60 sec at room temperature.
Silvester Tendean sold two tons of potassium chlorate to Amrozi,a key suspect in the October 12 blasts,at his shop in Surabaya, East Java.
In Tulsa, Okla., a mixture of potassium chlorate and sulfur rips away a counter and injures five.
The Times of India reports that the use of fireworks by Hindus celebrating their annual Diwali festival releases "4,000 metric tons of garbage, comprising burnt paper and chemicals Like phosphorous, sulfur and potassium chlorate" into the atmosphere, turning a festival of light and gaiety into a night of "smoke, coughing and wheezing."
These replaced the earlier potassium chlorate priming compounds that produced corrosion in the bore if not cleaned after shooting.
Potassium iodate for calibrators and analytical grade arsenic trioxide, potassium chlorate, perchloric acid (700 g/L), ammonium persulfate, tetraammonium cerium (IV) sulfate dihydrate, sodium chloride, and sulfuric acid were obtained from Wako Pure Chemical Industries.
On February 28, a drum containing spent and rejected smoke bombs and canisters of a dye-and-smoke mix containing hexachloroethane, granular aluminum and potassium chlorate, exploded at the dump, igniting flammable liquids stored in a nearby pit.
Jumah and the three CAFGUs intercepted at a checkpoint in Barangay Bulanting the van carrying explosives, fashioned from ammonium nitrate soaked in kerosene and mixed with potassium chlorate, its driver detonated when a team of soldiers arrived to help search his vehicle.
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