To the upper right we have very pure potassium chlorate, so much so that it bursts into flames when mixed with sugar and catalyzed with some sulfuric acid. [Mr. Home Scientist] produced the KClO3 ...

Potassium chlorate (KClO 3) is a strong oxidizing agent that has a wide variety of uses. It is or has been a component of explosives, fireworks, safety matches, and disinfectants. As a high school or ...

When they’re in molten potassium chlorate, of course! This quick demonstration shows a gummy bear wailing away while setting off a fire that looks like the inside of the sun. All done with potassium ...

IT was observed some time ago by M. Mallard (Bulletin de la Sociélé Minémlogique, 1882, p. 214) that certain crystals, such as boracite and potassium sulphate, have their crystallo-graphic character ...

May 30, 2013: A year ago NATO and Afghan forces were seizing an average 60 tons of ammonium nitrate fertilizer a month. That was twice as much as 2011. This was part of an effort to deny the Taliban ...

MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL--There's a small problem with Earth's magnetic field: It should not have existed, as Earth's rock record indicates it has, for the past 3.5 billion years. Motions in the Earth's ...

Pressure on Pakistan has helped limit the flow of fertilizer used as explosive New chemical is cheaper than its predecessor Insurgent bombs from March to May are down 13%25 from same period in 2013 ...