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Definition of Potassium permanganate

1. Noun. A poisonous salt that forms dark purple crystals and is purple-red when dissolved in water; used as an oxidizing and bleaching agent and as a disinfectant and antiseptic.

Definition of Potassium permanganate

1. Noun. (chemistry) KMnO₄, the most readily available commercial permanganate; it is used as an oxidizing agent both in industry and in the analytical laboratory. ¹

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Literary usage of Potassium permanganate

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1. Standard methods of chemical analysis: A Manual of Analytical Methods and by Wilfred Welday Scott (1917)
"The solution containing the vanadium is oxidized by adding, from a burette, tenth normal potassium permanganate to a faint permanent pink. ..."

2. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1912)
"Accuracy and Precision Attainable. I. Introduction. 1. Object of the Research.—The standardization of potassium permanganate solutions has been the subject ..."

3. Preventive medicine and hygiene by Milton Joseph Rosenau (1917)
"potassium permanganate.—potassium permanganate is a germicide f undoubted ... The stain produced by potassium permanganate may be removed by a solution of ..."

4. The Pharmacopoeia of the United States of America: (The United States by United States Pharmacopoeial Convention (1820)
"EXAMPLE: Assuming that 0.25 Gm. of sodium oxalate was taken, and 35.2 mils of the trial potassium permanganate solution was consumed. ..."

5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1922)
"The oxidation of potassium acetate with potassium permanganate in the presence of potassium hydroxide: WL EVANS AND PAUL 8. ..."

6. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Two salts are in common use for this purpose, potassium permanganate and ... The end of the reaction when potassium permanganate is employed к known by the ..."

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