potassium permanganate

potassium permanganate
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
Hypernyms: ↑permanganate

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noun
: a salt KMnO4 that crystallizes in dark purple prisms having a blue metallic luster and dissolves in water with a purple-red color, that is made usually by reaction of manganese dioxide and potassium hydroxide and oxidation of the manganate formed, and that is used chiefly as an oxidizing and bleaching agent and as a disinfectant

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Chem.
a very dark purple, crystalline, water-soluble solid, KMnO4, used chiefly as an oxidizing agent, disinfectant, laboratory reagent, and in medicine as an astringent and antiseptic.
[1865-70]

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potassium permanganate noun
A purple crystalline oxidizing agent used as a disinfectant and in analytical chemistry
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Main Entry:potassium

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potassium permanganate,
a dark purple crystalline compound used as an oxidizing agent and disinfectant. Formula: KMnO4

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