sodium chlorate
noun
: a colorless crystalline salt NaClO3 used especially as an oxidizing agent and weed killer
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Specific chemicals that move through Vancouver include caustic soda, ethylene glycol, and sodium chlorate.
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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.
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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.
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Sarah Zhang,
Discover Magazine,
2 Mar. 2012
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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
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