chlorate
[klawr-eyt, -it, klohr-]
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noun
a salt of chloric acid.
Origin of chlorate
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This composition is simply a mixture of phosphorus, glue, and chlorate of potash.
The Story of a Tinder-boxCharles Meymott Tidy
Finally he dipped the end of one of the sticks into sulphur and then into the chlorate.
American Inventions and InventorsWilliam A. Mowry
He observed that some of the chlorate remained on the stick.
American Inventions and InventorsWilliam A. Mowry
The iron mortar containing the phosphorus and chlorate of potash.
The Boy's Playbook of ScienceJohn Henry Pepper
The chlorate of lime is dissolved in 10 parts of water and filtered.
chlorate
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