What's in the toy gun?

The bullet of this toy gun contains potassium chlorate and red phosphorus.

Potassium chlorate is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula KClO? . Colorless or white crystalline powder, salty and cool, strong oxidant. Stable at room temperature.

When the temperature is above 400℃, it is explained that the released oxygen can form an explosive mixture when mixed with flammable substances such as reducing agent, organic matter, sulfur, phosphorus or metal powder, which may explode when heated sharply. Therefore, potassium chlorate is a highly sensitive explosive. If it is doped with some impurities, sometimes it even explodes itself in the sun.

Potassium chlorate is widely used in explosives, fireworks, firecrackers, advanced safety matches, medicines, photographic reagents, analytical reagents, oxidants and rocket and missile propellants. In the same series of propellants, the propellant containing potassium chlorate burns faster than the propellant containing ammonium chlorate, with higher minimum pressure and higher burning rate index.

It can also be used as antipyretic and diuretic. Analytical reagent. Oxidant. Potassium chlorate can generate potassium chloride and oxygen with manganese dioxide as catalyst under the condition of heating, and the method of heating potassium chlorate is not commonly used in chemical laboratories to generate oxygen.