sodium chlorate

noun Chemistry.

a colorless, water-soluble solid, NaClO3, cool and salty to the taste, used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives and matches, as a textile mordant, and as an oxidizing and bleaching agent.

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Origin of sodium chlorate

First recorded in 1880–85

Words nearby sodium chlorate

sodium bichromate, sodium bisulfate, sodium borate, sodium bromide, sodium carbonate, sodium chlorate, sodium chloride, sodium citrate, sodium cyanide, sodium cyclamate, sodium dichromate
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British Dictionary definitions for sodium chlorate

sodium chlorate

noun

a colourless crystalline soluble compound used as a bleaching agent, weak antiseptic, and weedkiller. Formula: NaClO 3
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