Crush, don’t strike: the fiery conflagration of a promethean match. (Credit: NurdRage) Using practically the same recipe of potassium chlorate and sugar as in the 19th century, [NurdRage] uses ...

Crush, don’t strike: the fiery conflagration of a promethean match. (Credit: NurdRage) Using practically the same recipe of potassium chlorate and sugar as in the 19th century, [NurdRage] uses ...

After several false starts, I created strike-anywhere matches by mixing a stiff paste of potassium chlorate and glue and rolling it onto the ends of eighth-of-an-inch wooden dowels. Then I baked ...

Potassium chlorate is used legally in Pakistan in the manufacturing of matches and textiles. There are 390 textile mills and 50 factories that make matches there, JIEDDO records show. Imports of ...

This change kickstarts a reaction with other chemicals, primarily sulfur or antimony sulfide combined with potassium chlorate in the match head. As this chemical dance unfolds, the wooden stick of ...

IN the course of studies on the kinetics of soil nitrification, using our perfusion technique 1, we have observed a remarkable inhibitory effect of potassium chlorate on the conversion of ammonia ...