What does the trick with matches in the pot offer? Each match contains several key ingredients in its head: potassium chlorate, sulfur, magnesium, and phosphorus. These substances contribute to ...

Among sulfur’s many uses, it’s an ingredient of gunpowder and some fungicides and insecticides. It is used in matches, fumigants and vulcanizing rubber. In animals, sulfur strengthens feathers ...

We explain! Each match contains several key ingredients: potassium chlorate, sulfur, magnesium, and phosphorus. These substances improve the condition of our plants. How does it work in practice?

This method was refined and later patented by Samuel Jones in 1828 as the ‘promethean match’ after the God of Fire, Prometheus, which is the topic of a recent [NurdRage] chemistry video.