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In water solution it is used as a disinfectant and antiseptic
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permanganate
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A permanganate is the general name for a chemical compound containing the manganate(VII) ion , . Because manganese is in the +7 oxidation state , the permanganate(VII) ion is a strong oxidizing agent . The ion has tetrahedral geometry . Permanganate solutions ...
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n. 1 (context inorganic chemistry English) any salt of permanganic acid, they are purple crystalline solids, mostly soluble in water; they are strong oxidizing agents 2 (context inorganic chemistry English) potassium permanganate
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n. a dark purple salt of permanganic acid; in water solution it is used as a disinfectant and antiseptic
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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Permanganate \Per*man"ga*nate\, n. (Chem.) A salt of permanganic acid. Potassium permanganate . (Chem.) See Potassium permanganate , under Potassium .
Usage examples of permanganate.
Antimonious is converted into antimonic chloride by treatment with permanganate of potash in an acid solution.
One or two grains of the permanganate of potassium will render wholesome a gallon of water containing animal impurities.
The petioles are clothed with roothairs like those on a true radicle, and they likewise resemble radicles in becoming brown when immersed in a solution of permanganate of potassium.
An early mixture of magnesium and perchlorate of potash has since given way to an even slower-burning mix of aluminum powder and potassium permanganate which will probably remain standard until the last Musky has been slain.
She also has a small enamel basin, two flannels and a jug of boiled water beside her bed as well as a jar of potassium permanganate and a jar of seaweed extract and other assorted herbs.
Four hundred pounds of hydrogen peroxide mixes with forty pounds of potassium permanganate and makes steam which drives the turbines underneath them.
It is highly inflammable, and spies seem to have kept potassium permanganate at hand to turn an ordinary combustion into an almost explosive reaction to destroy the pads rapidly and completely.
A sort of fun explosive is potassium permanganate mixed with powdered sugar.
A hot solution of potassium permanganate applied locally is also recommended as a cure, also solutions of lead and ammonia.
An early mixture of magnesium and perchlorate of potash has since given way to an even slower-burning mix of aluminum powder and potassium permanganate which will probably remain standard until the last Musky has been slain (long-range plans for long-range artillery shot will have to wait until we can find a good cheap source of cerium, zirconium or thorium—.
An early mixture of magnesium and perchlorate of potash has since given way to an even slower-burning mix of aluminum powder and potassium permanganate which will probably remain standard until the last Musky has been slain (long-range plans for long-range artillery shot will have to wait until we can find a good cheap source of cerium, zirconium or thoriumunlikely in the near future).
The said property was a vast creaking warehouse in the northern district that stored barrels of sulfuric acid, salt, gasoline, bicarbonate of soda, and potassium permanganate.
I learned about potassium permanganate while researching do-it-yourself abortion methods at the public library.
And there was a little canister of dark crystals that turned out to be potassium permanganate.
The effects of the potassium permanganate crystals would be interesting.