To the upper right we have very pure potassium chlorate, so much so that it bursts into flames when mixed with sugar and catalyzed with some sulfuric acid. [Mr. Home Scientist] produced the ...

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An easier, albeit vastly more expensive and dangerous alternative came in the 19th century when chemists discovered auto-ignition using a potassium chlorate mixture and sulfuric acid. This method ...

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What does the trick with matches in the pot offer? Each match contains several key ingredients in its head: potassium chlorate, sulfur, magnesium, and phosphorus. These substances contribute to ...

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This is respiration and it happens in our cells. We can look at how this works in the lab by reacting our food with potassium chlorate a powerful oxidising agent. According to the packet one jelly ...

Thomas Hill of the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office Bomb Squad — found other materials they determined could be used to make bombs, including potassium chlorate, which is described in the ...

It is also not generally known that he introduced, in 1832, the method of preparing oxygen from potassium chlorate by heating in the presence of manganese dioxide.