How to Use perchlorate in a Sentence

perchlorate

noun

• This meant that perchlorate may have obscured any evidence of organic molecules that could indicate life.
  — Carmen Drahl, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 May 2023
• Bacteria that eat perchlorates might also be used to cleanse the soil.
  — Author: Kenneth Chang, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Jan. 2018
• And again, the liquid involved would be far saltier than Earth's oceans (and the salts are likely perchlorates, which aren't as common on Earth).
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 25 July 2018
• The perchlorate absorbs the water and forms a salty solution.
  — Sarah Scoles, Discover Magazine, 13 Apr. 2015
• In 2008, the Mars Phoenix lander discovered perchlorate ions in Mars soil.
  — Carmen Drahl, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 May 2023
• Agents found that Dodson had purchased 50 pounds of potassium perchlorate in the spring.
  — John Caniglia, cleveland, 1 Oct. 2021
• Rovers on Mars have detected a type of salt known as perchlorates in the dirt, which can be toxic for humans if consumed in high enough quantities.
  — Loren Grush, The Verge, 21 Sep. 2018
• The Mars water would be full of perchlorate salt, which chemically toxic to most Earth lifeforms.
  — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 25 July 2018
• One potential suspect is perchlorates, which are stable, toxic salts found in the Martian soil.
  — Michael Greshko, National Geographic, 18 Nov. 2019
• Sulfur may have helped protect the organics even when the rocks were exposed at the surface to radiation and bleach-like substances called perchlorates.
  — National Geographic, 7 June 2018
• Colonies of bacteria could produce oxygen from perchlorate, the very same chemical that keeps the water from freezing.
  — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 25 July 2018
• The burning waste is rich in lead, mercury, chromium and compounds like nitroglycerin and perchlorate, all known health hazards.
  — Krista Stevens, Longreads, 21 July 2017
• In the Southwest, perchlorate has been detected in groundwater that entered Lake Mead in Nevada.
  — CBS News, 31 Mar. 2022
• That’s because Martian regolith is full of perchlorate, an oxidative compound that stunts plants’ growth and can be harmful to humans.
  — Joanna Thompson, Scientific American, 2 June 2022
• One aspect that Guinan and Wamelink have not tackled yet is the presence on Mars of perchlorates, a poisonous chemical that causes thyroid problems in people.
  — Author: Kenneth Chang, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Jan. 2018
• On Earth, for example, organisms called halophiles (salt lovers/lickers) would love to live in calcium-perchlorate-land.
  — Sarah Scoles, Discover Magazine, 13 Apr. 2015
• Martian soil is rich in perchlorate and other compounds that make growing food difficult.
  — David Kelly, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 June 2019
• The device reportedly was made of a cardboard tube filled with a mixture of potassium perchlorate and aluminum powder.
  — Elizabeth Depompei, Indianapolis Star, 27 Dec. 2019
• Cells bathed in radiation without the perchlorate experienced just a two-fold fall-off.
  — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 6 July 2017
• A substance called perchlorate exists in relatively high quantities on Mars (and also on Earth in bleach and other substances), making up about 1 percent of all the dust on the red planet.
  — Laura Poppick, Smithsonian, 1 Mar. 2017
• Rovers and satellites have detected concentrations of toxic perchlorates—a salt so reactive that it’s used on Earth to make rocket propellant—on the Martian surface that would be swept up in the wind.
  — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 8 May 2023
• Only a single type of molecule, which could have been produced by the perchlorate reacting with organics, appeared in each sample.
  — Andrew Lawler, Discover Magazine, 22 Nov. 2010
• Across the San Gabriel Valley, compounds like perchlorate, used in rocket fuel, and other chemicals seeped into something like 170 square miles, reaching into the aquifer serving more than a million and a half people.
  — Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2021
• The middle of the cylinder is filled with a powdered mixture of ammonium perchlorate and ammonium nitrate, the oxidants.
  — The Economist, 31 May 2018
• Because that water irrigates crops and rangeland, perchlorate also taints a variety of foods.
  — Patrick Morgan, Discover Magazine, 3 Feb. 2011
• During a weeklong search, sailors discovered bags of ammonium perchlorate hidden inside of what initially appeared to be a shipment of 100 tons of urea.
  — Jon Gambrell, ajc, 15 Nov. 2022
• Scientists know the Martian surface includes a toxic chemical called perchlorate that could pose a threat to future explorers if inhaled.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 7 Dec. 2022
• In addition to water, the soil sample contained sulphur dioxide, carbon dioxide, oxygen and a toxic chemical the researchers think is perchlorate.
  — Breanna Draxler, Discover Magazine, 27 Sep. 2013
• Actual soil on Mars contains perchlorates, a poison that causes thyroid problems.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 18 Jan. 2018
• Having four oxygen atoms per molecule also makes perchlorate useful to life-support systems.
  — David Warmflash, Discover Magazine, 20 June 2016

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