Definition of Permanganate

1. Noun. A dark purple salt of permanganic acid; in water solution it is used as a disinfectant and antiseptic.

Specialized synonyms: Permanganate Of Potash, Potassium Permanganate
Generic synonyms: Salt

Definition of Permanganate

1. n. A salt of permanganic acid.

Definition of Permanganate

1. Noun. (inorganic chemistry) any salt of permanganic acid, they are purple crystalline solids, mostly soluble in water; they are strong oxidizing agents ¹

2. Noun. (inorganic chemistry) potassium permanganate ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Permanganate

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Permanganate

1. A salt of permanganic acid. Potassium permanganate. See Potassium permanganate, under Potassium. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Permanganate

permanent section
permanent stricture
permanent tooth
permanent wave
permanent waves
permanent way
permanentize
permanentized
permanentizes
permanentizing
permanently
permanently flooded
permanentness
permanentnesses
permanents
permanganate (current term)
permanganate of potash
permanganates
permanganic
permanganic acid
permansion
permansive
permastone
permatemp
permatemps
permathread
permathreads
permeabilisation
permeabilised
permeabilising

Literary usage of Permanganate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal by Iron and Steel Institute (1897)
"Oxalic acid has frequently been recommended for use in standardising permanganate, but two difficulties are met with. In the first place, ..."

2. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1912)
"Weighing of Oxalate and permanganate Used. 3. Effect of Conditions upon the Result ... The standardization of potassium permanganate solutions has been the ..."

3. A Systematic Handbook of Volumetric Analysis: Or, The Quantitative by Francis Sutton (1904)
"The iron is ready and willing to receive the oxygen, the permanganate is equally willing to part with it ; while the iron is absorbing the oxygen, ..."

4. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention (1904)
"32, 231. permanganate in phosphorus poison ins. 43, 761. permanganate, in the preparation of fresh sections. 41, 607. permanganate, medicinal ..."

5. Report of the Annual Meeting (1894)
"It occurred to us that an alkaline oxidising agent of this character, if used ns a substitute for alkaline permanganate in water analysis, might throw some ..."

6. Standard Methods of Chemical Analysis: A Manual of Analytical Methods and by Wilfred Welday Scott (1922)
"As the strength of the ferrous sulphate solution changes quite rapidly while the permanganate remains unaltered for months, it is unnecessary and ..."

7. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial ScienceChemistry (1902)
"OXIDATION OF NITRITE BY permanganate. By JOHN WADDELL, B.Sc. (bond.). IN the titration of a nitrite by potassium permanganate it ¡в usual to add я large ..."

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