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Zinc perchlorate remains primarily in the liquid to control the ion movement and improve the battery’s freeze resistance for cold-weather performance.—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2025 One initial approach is to use perchlorate-reducing bacteria, recruited from extreme environments on Earth, to convert the perchlorate into harmless chloride.—Chris Impey, The Conversation, 23 Sep. 2025 Microbes could be redesigned to remediate poisonous perchlorates that plague the soil, opening the way for Eden-like gardens across expanding oases, and releasing oxygen in the process to slowly build up the atmosphere.—Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025 Both potassium perchlorate and aluminum powder are precursor chemicals that can be used to make an explosive mixture when combined, the indictment states.—Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 23 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for perchlorate
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