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permanganate

[ per-mang-guh-neyt ]

noun

, Chemistry.


permanganate

/ -nɪt; pəˈmæŋɡəˌneɪt /

noun

  1. a salt of permanganic acid
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


permanganate

/ pər-mănggə-nāt′ /

  1. A salt of permanganic acid, containing the group MnO 4 . Permanganates are strong oxidizing agents.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of permanganate1

First recorded in 1835–45; permangan(ic acid) + -ate 2
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Example Sentences

It was found that the permanganate attacked the lead precipitate as well as the other organic matter in the vessel.

On the evening following, the forearm was immersed in a bowl of hot permanganate solution containing a little caustic potash.

This seemed to bring out the eruption very quickly and the blisters were treated with permanganate as fast as they appeared.

Potassium permanganate, however, oxidizes the poison completely.

The only objection to the use of permanganate of which the writer is aware is that it stains the skin.

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