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 ...

A traffic stop last week in Key West led to officers and federal agents discovering a cache of weapons, a pipe bomb and ...

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 ...

A Key West man is now the subject of a federal investigation after officers found a pipe bomb and a cache of weapons at his ...

A routine traffic stop in Key West, Monroe County, led to the discovery of a dangerous arsenal and a potentially deadly plot.

What does the trick with matches in the pot offer? Each match contains several key ingredients in its head: potassium chlorate, sulfur, magnesium, and phosphorus. These substances contribute to ...

It is also not generally known that he introduced, in 1832, the method of preparing oxygen from potassium chlorate by heating in the presence of manganese dioxide.

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 ...