sodium chlorate

noun

: a colorless crystalline salt NaClO₃ used especially as an oxidizing agent and weed killer

Examples of sodium chlorate in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Specific chemicals that move through Vancouver include caustic soda, ethylene glycol, and sodium chlorate. — Lori Ann Larocco, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2024

Piles of uncovered uranium ore are stored near the mill, waiting to be fed into the crusher and processed in a series of tanks containing sulfuric acid, sodium chlorate, ammonia and other chemicals used to separate out the uranium. — Zak Podmore, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 Sep. 2021

The researchers put sodium chlorate, a white powdery chemical, in white plastic bottles and blasted a laser at it. — Sarah Zhang, Discover Magazine, 2 Mar. 2012

Word History

First Known Use

1885, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for sodium chlorate

• perchlorate