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Table showing details for potassium chlorate*
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potassium chlorate*
 
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Hazardous Chemical 		II 1485
3811-04-9 		Toxic if ingested; skin irritant. Forms violently explosive mixtures with combustible materials, organic compounds, ammonium compounds, sulfur and sulfides, and finely divided metals; moderately toxic.

BANNED CHEMICAL IN DET SCHOOLS.

Explosive mixtures may detonate as a result of friction, on contact with strong acid, or by ignition. Forms dangerously unstable chlorine dioxide gas on reaction with concentrated sulfuric acid. Solutions of potassium chlorate, which have soaked into wood, render the wood explosive.

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See also OXIDANTS, and Appendix H.