Instant Fire. Potassium chlorate, KClO 3, is a white, crystalline or powdery solid which is a very good oxidizing agent; it is used in explosives, fireworks, matches, etc. When it decomposes under heating (especially in the presence of a manganese catalyst), it releases molecular oxygen, O 2 : 2KClO 3 (s) â.
Bluing for Laundry. Bluing is an old-fashioned product that was once a staple of the laundry room; chances are good that your grandmother was very familiar with it. Referred to as a whitener, bluing is added to the wash or rinse cycle for the purpose of giving whites a very subtle blue tint. Why blue?
SurstrÃ¶mming (pronounced [Â²sÊËËÊÊrÅmËÉªÅ], Swedish for sour herring) is a type of fermented Baltic Sea herring. The Baltic herring, known as strÃ¶mming in Swedish, is smaller than the Atlantic herring, found in the North Sea.