The conclave used a combination of potassium chlorate, lactose, and chloroform resin to create the white smoke. Once a candidate has received two-thirds of the cardinals' votes, the senior ...

Potassium chlorate (KClO₃) — even more reactive than perchlorate — ensures a hot, vigorous burn. Lactose acts as the fuel, burning quickly and cleanly into water vapour and carbon dioxide.

The ballots are burned with three substances to make the smoke white. One is potassium chlorate, which is a white solid used in mouthwashes and fireworks. Then there is lactose, the type of sugar ...

anthracene, and sulfur. White smoke is created by burning ballots with a mixture of potassium chlorate, lactose, and rosin.

The white smoke used to signal that a Pope has been chosen is created from potassium chlorate, lactose, and a type of conifer resin called rosin. In essence, the Vatican uses oxidisers (potassium ...

Meanwhile, white smoke is produced using a much cleaner fuel mix and a more powerful oxidiser. Potassium chlorate (KClO₃) – even more reactive than perchlorate – ensures a hot, vigorous burn. Lactose ...

The white smoke used to signal that a Pope has been chosen is created from potassium chlorate, lactose, and a type of conifer resin called rosin. In essence, the Vatican uses oxidisers (potassium ...

Potassium chlorate (KClO₃) – even more reactive than perchlorate – ensures a hot, vigorous burn. Lactose acts as the fuel, burning quickly and cleanly into water vapour and carbon dioxide.

For white smoke, a cartridge of potassium chlorate, lactose and chloroform resin is burned with the ballots. Bells also are rung to signal the election of a pope, for further clarity. The new pope ...

For white smoke, the Vatican says it used to use wet straw, but to make it a more pure color, instead of a confusing grey, they use potassium chlorate, lactose and a tree or bush resin called ...