On Tue, 11 May 2004 22:15:28 +0100, Brian wrote:

Please take care. Sodium Chlorate... can,
however, become not only explosive but 'high explosive'~~ Meaning that it
can readily explode, viciously, without compaction or restriction. To become
potentially unstable it has to be mixed with other substances~~ Unmixed it
is safe.

As a defrocked chemist, let me chime in. If you buy sodium
chlorate, use all you buy immediately and do not store any
excess. It's sufficiently dangerous you really don't want to keep
it around the place.


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