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chlorate

The anion of chloric acid (HClO4), or any salt containing this anion. Common chlorates are those of sodium, potassium, and magnesium.

In these compounds, chlorine has the the oxidation level +5. Chlorine compounds with different oxidation levels include the perchlorates (+7), chlorites (+3), hypochlorites (+1), and chlorides (−1).



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There were two things to be done then-- first, to replace the absorbed oxygen; secondly, to destroy the expired carbonic acid; both easy enough to do, by means of chlorate of potassium and caustic potash.
From The Earth To The Moon by Verne, Jules View in context
Would he obtain air by chemical means, in getting by heat the oxygen contained in chlorate of potash, and in absorbing carbonic acid by caustic potash?
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea by Verne, Jules View in context
Reiset and Regnaut's apparatus, intended for the production of oxygen, was supplied with chlorate of potassium for two months.
Round The Moon by Verne, Jules View in context
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