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Potassium chlorate contains oxygen atoms. These allow the sugar in the Gummi Bear to burn.

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How much potassium chlorate is in a gummy bear?

Uh you got it a bit mixed up in there. Gummy bears don't contain Potassium Chlorate they contain sugar, so when you drop a sugar-rich candy into molten Postassium Chlorate it will explode.


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Because potassium chlorate reacts to sulfuric acid. ( sugar )NO NO NO Sulfuric Acid IS NOT SUGAR. Sugar is a molecule composed of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen only. The sugar that the gummy bears contain the most is sucrose (C12H22O11) and that is what the KClO3 or potassium chlorate reacts with in order to produce CO2+H2O+KCl (unbalanced equation).


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