Potassium chlorate is a compound containing potassium, chlorine and oxygen atoms, with the molecular formula KClO 3. In its pure form, it is a white crystalline substance. It is the most common chlorate in industrial use. It is used.
Bluing agents are the result of a simple chemical process. The main ingredient in bluing agent is a finely powdered iron that appears to be a very bright blue. This iron powder is colloquially referred to as Prussian blue, and formally called ferric hexacyanoferrate.
For a broader coverage related to this topic, see Bread leavening. A leavening agent (/ËlÉvÉnÉªÅ/, also leaven agent; /ËlÉvÉn/), also known as a raising agent, is any one of a number of substances used in doughs and batters that causes a foaming action that lightens and softens it, by incorporating gas bubbles into it.