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Yellow to yellowish-gray powder. Con- tains 78% silver. Light-sensitive. Soluble in ammonium hydroxide, nitric acid; insoluble in alcohol and water.

In organic synthesis as an effective oxidizing agent for certain organic Compounds.

Oxidizing agent, may react violently when shocked or heated, store away from combustible materials. Toxic by ingestion.

Recrystallise the chlorate three times from water (10mL/g at 15o; 2mL/g at 80o). Store it in the dark. [Nicholson & Holley Inorg Synth II 4 1946, Glemser & Sauer in Handbook of Preparative Inorganic Chemistry (Ed. Brauer) Academic Press Vol I p 1037 1963.]