A Mystery: Why Cant We Walk Straight? on Vimeo - StumbleUpon. Potassium Chlorate and Gummy Bear. Potassium chlorate. Potassium chlorate is a compound containing potassium, chlorine and oxygen atoms, with the molecular formula KClO3.
In its pure form, it is a white crystalline substance. It is the most common chlorate in industrial use. It is used Production[edit] On the industrial scale, potassium chlorate is produced by passing chlorine into the hot milk of lime, subsequently adding the potassium chloride (Liebig process).[4] The electrolysis of KCl in aqueous solution is also used sometimes, in which the chloride ions formed at the anode react with KOH in situ. Gallery.