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Permanganate

noun

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

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permanganate of potash

potassium permanganate

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"Permanganate" Quotes from Famous Books

... stain may be had on chestnut or white oak by applying strong ammonia to it with a brush and later sandpapering down and waxing. White wood is another good wood to use, but a stain will have to be applied to white wood, as ammonia will not act on it. A strong solution of permanganate of potash put on with a brush will darken any wood; it has ...

— The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. • Ellen Eddy Shaw

... the young reporter got a raise in salary and the woman swallowed two ounces of permanganate ...

— A Book of Burlesques • H. L. Mencken

... very delicate test for iron. Such a test would be useful in confirmation. If a very dilute solution of such iron water be treated with a drop or two of pure hydrochloric acid, and a drop or so of permanganate of potash solution or of Condy's fluid, and after that a few drops of yellow prussiate of potash solution be added, then a blue colour (Prussian blue), either at once or after standing a few hours, proves the presence ...

— The Chemistry of Hat Manufacturing - Lectures Delivered Before the Hat Manufacturers' Association • Watson Smith

Words linked to "Permanganate" : potassium permanganate, salt, permanganate of potash