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potassium chlorate definition

potassium chlorate

a colorless, crystalline salt, KClO, a strong oxidizing agent used in medicine and in the manufacture of explosives, matches, etc.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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