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 ...

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) confirmed there had been limited distribution of the affected products to the UK..

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An easier, albeit vastly more expensive and dangerous alternative came in the 19th century when chemists discovered auto-ignition using a potassium chlorate mixture and sulfuric acid. This method ...

Coca-Cola has recalled some of its soft drinks in Europe after higher-than-normal levels of a chemical called chlorate were ...

This is respiration and it happens in our cells. We can look at how this works in the lab by reacting our food with potassium chlorate a powerful oxidising agent. According to the packet one jelly ...