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Definition of Potassium chlorate
1. Noun. A white salt (KClO3) used in matches, fireworks, and explosives; also used as a disinfectant and bleaching agent.
Literary usage of Potassium chlorate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"THE velocity of the reaction between ferrous sulphate, potassium chlorate, and
sulphuric acid was investigated many years ago by JJ Hood.1 The results of ..."
2. The Principles of Chemistry by Dmitry Ivanovich Mendeleyev (1891)
"potassium chlorate crystallises easily in large colourless tabular crystals. ...
When heated potassium chlorate melts (the melting point has been given as ..."
3. Laboratory manual for the detection of poisons and powerful drugs by Wilhelm Autenrieth (1921)
"potassium chlorate through the action of potassium weakens the heart. ...
potassium chlorate taken by the mouth is quite rapidly eliminated by the kidneys. ..."
4. Laboratory Manual for the Detection of Poisons and Powerful Drugs by Wilhelm Autenrieth, William Homer Warren (1915)
"potassium chlorate through the action of potassium weakens the heart. ...
potassium chlorate taken by the mouth is quite rapidly eliminated by the kidneys. ..."
5. Laboratory manual for the detection of poisons and powerful drugs by Wilhelm Autenrieth (1921)
"potassium chlorate through the action of potassium weakens the heart. ...
potassium chlorate taken by the mouth is quite rapidly eh'minated by the kidneys. ..."
6. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"On account of the readiness with which potassium chlorate lends itself to the
production of powerful explosives, it has been frequently used by inventors to ..."
7. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1912)
"For many years no explosive containing potassium chlorate was licensed, ...
On the introduction of electrolytic potassium chlorate, the price was ..."
8. Inorganic Chemistry by Ira Remsen (1898)
"To determine how much oxygen is given off when a known weight of potassium chlorate
is decomposed by heat, proceed as follows: In a Email dry hard-glass ..."