Instead the 2013 recipe calls for potassium chlorate, the common sugar lactose and a type of pine resin sometimes known as Greek pitch. The first two ingredients are a common pair, Steinberg says ...

Instead the 2013 recipe calls for potassium chlorate, the common sugar lactose and a type of pine resin sometimes known as Greek pitch. The first two ingredients are a common pair, Steinberg says ...

anthracene, and sulfur. White smoke is created by burning ballots with a mixture of potassium chlorate, lactose, and rosin.

The conclave used a combination of potassium chlorate, lactose, and chloroform resin to create the white smoke. Once a candidate has received two-thirds of the cardinals' votes, the senior ...

Meanwhile, white smoke announces that a new Pope has been elected. This is often accompanied by the exclamation "habemus papam!" The eagerly awaited white smoke results from burning a mixture of ...

AFP via Getty Images Authorities would’ve likely needed to preserve the body quickly to prevent the rapid onset of decomposition amid the humid temperatures, the Daily Mail reported. Fortunately ...

Potassium chlorate (KClO₃)—even more reactive than perchlorate—ensures a hot, vigorous burn. Lactose acts as the fuel, burning quickly and cleanly into water vapor and carbon dioxide.

The famous ‘white smoke’ is created using a mixture of potassium chlorate, lactose and a pine resin, also known as Greek pitch.

Potassium chlorate (KClO₃) — even more reactive than perchlorate — ensures a hot, vigorous burn. Lactose acts as the fuel, burning quickly and cleanly into water vapour and carbon dioxide.

anthracene, and sulfur. White smoke is created by burning ballots with a mixture of potassium chlorate, lactose, and rosin.

Potassium chlorate (KClO₃) – even more reactive than perchlorate – ensures a hot, vigorous burn. Lactose acts as the fuel, burning quickly and cleanly into water vapour and carbon dioxide.