Potassium chlorate is incompatible with sulfuric acid, other acid and organic material. The four-digit UN identification number is 1485. Its primary uses are as an oxidizing agent in the manufacture of explosives and matches; in pyrotechnics; and as a source of oxygen. Sodium and Potassium chlorate have similar properties. Chlorites are powerful oxidizing agent. They have one less oxygen than the base-state oxysalts, they from explosive mixtures with combustible materials, and in contact with strong acids, they can release explosive chlorine dioxide gas.