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 ...

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 ...

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The cap guns that kids use and poppers that they throw at the ground aren’t just annoying. They contain one of the most unstable diy compounds that anyone could lose a hand to. The worrying concoction ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON, June 25 (UPI) -- Afghan insurgents have switched from fertilizer to potassium chlorate, the material that makes matches fire, to make homemade bombs, Pentagon research shows. U.S.

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 ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The global potassium chlorate market is expected to post a CAGR close to 4% during the period 2019-2023, according to the latest market research report by Technavio. The rise ...

Imagine for a moment that you are a member of an early Mars colony. You’re stranded, and the only way to get a message home is to launch a radio well above the surface. To make matters worse, you’ve ...