Definition of "chlorate" []

• The inorganic group ClO3 or a compound containing it. (noun)

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• "Any type of sugar will make a big boom on a bed of potassium chlorate, which is simply an oxidizing agent."
• "Here is a salt called chlorate of potassa, which is now made in large quantities for bleaching, and chemical and medical uses, and for pyrotechnic and other purposes."
• "In this crucible I have mixed together just one ounce of sugar and one and one-eighth ounces of solidified oxygen, solidified by the force of chemical affinity and bound up in a white salt called chlorate of potash."