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Chemical data
- Formula
- ClNaO3
- Molecular weight
- 106.44 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- sodium chlorate
- SMILES
- [O-]Cl(=O)=O.[Na+]
- InChIKey
- YZHUMGUJCQRKBT-UHFFFAOYSA-M
- Polar surface area
- 57.2 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 3
- Formal charge
- 0
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Research
480 papers- Sodium chlorate poisoning.Journal - Forensic Science Society · 1972
- Sodium chlorate poisoning.The British journal of clinical practice · 1971
- The fate of sodium chlorite in simulated gastric and intestinal fluids and residues of chlorate in broiler chickens after oral administration of sodium chlorite.Food additives & contaminants. Part A, Chemistry, analysis, control, exposure & risk assessment · 2022
- Sodium chlorate induces DNA damage and DNA-protein cross-linking in rat intestine: A dose dependent study.Chemosphere · 2017
- [Sodium chlorate poisoning].Presse medicale (Paris, France : 1983) · 1985
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Encyclopedic overview
Sodium chlorate is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula NaClO3. It is a white crystalline powder that is readily soluble in water. It is hygroscopic. It decomposes above 300 °C to release oxygen and leaves sodium chloride. Several hundred million tons are produced annually, mainly for applications in bleaching pulp to produce high brightness paper.
Synthesis
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “sodium chlorate” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.