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chlorate

chlorate

2 9.2
A salt made from chloric acid that contains the ClO3− ion
  • noun
  • /ˈklɔːreɪt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : clorato
  • The laboratory tested various compounds, including sodium chlorate, for their efficacy in water purification.
  • sodium chlorate
  • chlorate compound
  • chlorate levels

So I found some potassium hypophosphite and potassium chlorate.

Examples

  • Based on the relative costs between sodium chlorate and chlorite, the chlorate process provides a lower cost alternative.

    Academic text (1998)

  • At the Food and Feed Safety Research Unit (FFSRU) in College Station, Texas, ARS researchers led by microbiologist Robin Anderson are mixing a chlorate-based compound into livestock feed or water two days before slaughter.

    Academic text (2006)

  • The chlorate system was installed on the Plant 2 raw water line.

    Academic text (1998)

  • Sugar, plus potassium chlorate, yields...

    Logan Lucky (2017)

  • The application of the chlorate chemical process to treat Rio Grande River water worked well.

    Academic text (1998)

  • The low chlorate level measured during the trial indicates high generator efficiency, greater than 95 percent.

    Academic text (1998)

  • The first plant-scale competitive bid between the two technologies, chlorite and chlorate, was received on December 30, 1997, in El Paso, Texas.

    Academic text (1998)

  • The Eka generator solution was more acidic and contained about the same amount of chlorate levels as the Vulcan (Rio Linda) generator solution.

    Academic text (1998)

  • While working with Anderson on cattle tests, FFSRU microbiologist Allen Byrd also tested the chlorate compound in poultry.

    Academic text (2006)

  • Byrd has evaluated more than 200 turkeys and 2,000 broiler chickens, giving the chlorate compound to market-age birds just before they went to processing.

    Academic text (2006)

Compounds

potassium chlorate
  • Specialized
1 6.8

A white salt used in fireworks, matches, explosives, and for bleaching

sodium chlorate
  • Specialized
5.2

A colorless salt used to kill weeds and germs

Surface Forms

chlorate singular
chlorates plural

Morphology

chlorate = chlorine (semi-transparent) = chlor + ate

Formally composed of the combining form 'chlor-' and the chemical suffix '-ate', but the precise meaning (a specific oxyanion/salt) requires specialized chemistry knowledge.

Etymology

Chlorate starts with chloro-, from the Greek chloros meaning 'green', because the element chlorine looks green, and it ends with -ate, a common ending for salts that come from an acid, like nitrate. So chlorate names a 'salt' made from a chlorine acid, which is why chlorate compounds contain chlorine and oxygen.