| SODIUM CHLORATE | ||
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PRODUCT IDENTIFICATION |
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| CAS NO. | 7775-09-9 |
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| EINECS NO. | 231-887-4 | |
| FORMULA | NaClO3 | |
| MOL WT. | 106.44 | |
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H.S. CODE |
2829.11 | |
| TOXICITY | Oral rat LD50: 1200 mg/kg | |
| SYNONYMS | Soda Chlorate; Chloric acid, sodium salt; | |
| chlorax; Chlorsaure (German); Natrium Chloraat (Dutch); Natrium Chlorat (German); Sodio (Clorato Di) (Italian); Sodium (Chlorate De) (French); Chlorate of Soda; | ||
| SMILES | chlorine on hot concentrated sodium hydroxide | |
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CLASSIFICATION |
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PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES |
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| PHYSICAL STATE | white crystalline solid, saline taste | |
| MELTING POINT |
248 C |
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| BOILING POINT | 300 C (Decomposes) | |
| SPECIFIC GRAVITY | 2.5 | |
| SOLUBILITY IN WATER | soluble in water and alcohol | |
| pH | 5 - 7 | |
| VAPOR DENSITY | 3.7 | |
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AUTOIGNITION |
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NFPA RATINGS |
Health: 1 Flammability: 0 Reactivity: 1 Other: Oxidizer | |
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REFRACTIVE INDEX |
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| FLASH POINT | Not combustible | |
| STABILITY | Stable under ordinary conditions | |
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APPLICATIONS |
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| Sodium chlorate is a powerful oxidizing agent. It is used to manufacture explosives and matches because of its ability to produce oxygen. Chlorate is a powerful ingredient of bleaching powder used in paper and pulp processing and calico printing. It is used also a weed killer and defoliant. | ||
| SALES SPECIFICATION | ||
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APPEARANCE |
white crystalline solid | |
| CONTENT |
99.0%
min
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WATER INSOLUBLES |
0.03% max |
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| CHLORIDES |
0.3% max |
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| SULFATE SALTS |
0.02% max |
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CHROMATES |
0.02% max |
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Fe |
0.03% max |
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WATER |
1.0% max |
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| TRANSPORTATION | ||
| PACKING | ||
| HAZARD CLASS | 5.1 (Packing Group: II) | |
| UN NO. | 1495 | |
| OTHER INFORMATION | ||
| Hazard Symbols: XN O, Risk Phrases: 22/9, Safety Phrases:13/17/46 | ||
| Chlorate is the common name for chlorate(V) salt. The related names to the acids are clear when the oxidation number statement is appended; hypochlorite [or chlorate(I)] contains the ion, ClO- ; chlorite [or chlorate(III)], ClO2-; Chlorate [or chlorate(V)], ClO3-; perchlorate [or chlorate(VII)], ClO4-. | ||
