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Table showing details for potassium perchlorate*
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potassium perchlorate*
 
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Hazardous Chemical 		II 1489
7778-74-7 		Toxic if ingested. Skin irritant. Forms violently explosive mixtures with combustible materials, organic compounds, ammonium compounds, sulfur and sulfides, and finely divided metals.

BANNED CHEMICAL IN DET SCHOOLS.

Explosive mixtures may detonate as a result of friction, on contact with strong acid, or by ignition. Solutions of potassium perchlorate which have soaked into wood render the wood explosive.

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See also OXIDANTS, and Appendix H.