sodium chlorate

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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 bicarbonate, sodium bisulfate, sodium borate, sodium bromide, sodium carbonate, sodium chlorate, sodium chloride, sodium citrate, sodium cyanide, sodium cyclamate, sodium dichromate

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How to use sodium chlorate in a sentence

For example, Kuwait recently put a limit the allowable amount of sodium in bread to lower blood pressure.
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For all intents and purposes, sodium thiopental is now unavailable in the United States.
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Sports drinksSugar and sodium are good things when it comes to sports drinks!
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But for more rigorous sweat sessions, the low-sodium drink does come up short in replenishing the salt your body loses.
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Other measurements on nutrition labels—calories, fat, sodium—are passive: They simply state how much is in the food.
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The metal is then removed, and washed successively with very dilute sodium hydroxid solution, alcohol, and ether.
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This fluid is then heated, adding crystals of sodium acetate until it becomes perfectly clear.
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Rarely, sodium urate occurs in crystalline form—slender prisms, arranged in fan- or sheaf-like structures (Fig. 32).
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Glass rods and tubing of sodium glass: for stirring rods, urinary pipets, etc.
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Sodium and alcohol reduce common camphor to a mixture of d- and l-borneol.
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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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