sodium chlorate

sodium chlorate

n.

A colorless crystalline compound, NaClO₃, used as a bleaching and oxidizing agent and in explosives.

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sodium chlorate

n

(Elements & Compounds) a colourless crystalline soluble compound used as a bleaching agent, weak antiseptic, and weedkiller. Formula: NaClO3

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so′dium chlo′rate

n.

a colorless water-soluble solid, NaClO₃, used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives and matches, as a textile mordant, and as an oxidizing and bleaching agent.

[1880–85]

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sodium chlorate - a colorless salt (NaClO3) used as a weed killer and an antiseptic salt - a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)

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