EXPLOSIVES [Nitrate, chlorate and potassium perchlorate].

This time we are going to take a look at the history of explosives. Do you know the history of chlorate explosives? The history of chlorate explosives begins in 1788, when Bethollet proposed replacing nitrate in gunpowder with potassium chlorate, devising a new gunpowder that was of no practical importance, as its sensitivity to friction and its easy …

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