Percent Composition

When potassium chlorate, KClO₃, is heated it loses oxygen.

Potassium Chlorate - KClO3

Let's weigh some KClO₃, heat it until all of the oxygen has been lost, and then reweigh the sample.

From the loss in weight we will calculate the weight percent oxygen in KClO₃.

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