A research paper published in the journal Xjenza has claimed that an analysis of dust samples collected between 2011 and 2013 have indicated that close to 100 tons of the chemical potassium ...

The use of potassium chlorate in flash mixtures will be prohibited under new fireworks regulations published today in the government gazette. While mixing potassium chlorate with metals is now illegal ...

This article was originally published on the website of the Toxicology Education Foundation. Perchlorate is an inorganic ion containing one chlorine atom bound to four oxygen atoms in a tetrahedral ...

The Madras High Court has held that Indian Institute of Technology-Madras’ (IIT-M) method of doping potassium into ammonium perchlorate, for increasing the burn rates in solid propellants that are ...

An open nexus among dealers of chemicals, pyrotechnics contractors, firework manufacturers and their middlemen, with or without the collusion of officials, is behind the thriving festival season ...

Perchlorate salts (ClO 4-) are stable and have excellent oxidizing properties (Figure 1). For this reason, they are widely used in explosives (including pyrotechnics), solid rocket fuel, matches, air ...

A simple two-compartment first-order pharmacokinetic model that predicts concentrations of perchlorate in blood and urine was constructed and validated. The model was validated using data from a ...