[mewzilla]

Isn't perchlorate used in dry cleaning, too?

[mewzilla]

And if so, surely dry cleaners put out more of this stuff than the DOD?

[umgud]

Isn't perchlorate used in dry cleaning, too?

Perchloroethylene is a solvent used in dry cleaning. Perchlorates (usually inn solid form) are most often used in the reaction process for solid rocket motors.

[thulldud]

I made gunpowder once with potassium perchlorate.

Looks like they're just looking for something else to regulate, though.

[dr huer]

No. Halogenated hydrocarbons yes.

[neverdem]

Isn't perchlorate used in dry cleaning, too?

I believe that's trichloroethylene used just as a polar organic solvent. Perchlorate in the form of a salt is probably used as an oxidizing agent, IIRC.

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