
Sodium Chlorate
Sodium chlorate is an inorganic sodium salt that has chlorate as the counter-ion. An oxidising agent, it is used for bleaching paper and as a herbicide. It is also used in the manufacture of dyes, explosives and matches. It has a role as a herbicide. It is a chlorate salt and an inorganic sodium salt. — ChEBI
- IUPAC name
- sodium chlorate
- Molecular formula
- ClNaO3
- Molecular weight
- 106.44 g/mol
- Exact mass
- 105.9433658 Da
- Topological polar surface area
- 57.2 Ų
- Hydrogen-bond donors
- 0
- Hydrogen-bond acceptors
- 3
- Covalent units
- 2
- Defined stereocentres
- 0
Also known as
16 more reported names
External database identifiers
- ChEBI:CHEBI:65242
- ChEMBL:CHEMBL1559268
- EPA DTXSID:DTXSID7026025
- PubMed:30144278
- PubMed:28084674
- PubMed:27432882
- PubMed:23408426
- PubMed:19937756
- PubMed:17261351
- PubMed:12922982
- PubMed:12818887
- PubMed:12488351
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