potassium chlorate

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   a white salt (KClO3) used in matches, fireworks, and explosives; also used as a disinfectant and bleaching agent

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Questions about potassium chlorate

What does potassium chlorate mean?

potassium chlorate means "a white salt (KClO3) used in matches, fireworks, and explosives; also used as a disinfectant and bleaching agent".

Is potassium chlorate a common word?

potassium chlorate is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.