permanganate

American  

[per-mang-guh-neyt] / pərˈmæŋ gəˌneɪt /

noun

Chemistry.

1. a salt of permanganic acid, as potassium permanganate.

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permanganate British  

/ -nɪt, pəˈmæŋɡəˌneɪt /

noun

1. a salt of permanganic acid

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permanganate Scientific  

/ pər-măng′gə-nāt′ /

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

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Etymology

Origin of permanganate

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

Example Sentences

Remote-controlled aircraft drop spheres the size of ping-pong balls, filled with two compounds: potassium permanganate and glycol.

From Scientific American • Oct. 29, 2021

The candle contains a chemical compound called permanganate that mixes with and oxidizes toxic chemicals, turning them into less harmful carbon dioxide and chloride.

From Washington Times • Jun. 30, 2014

Axine’s approach is an alternative to the conventional use of chemicals such as ozone, hydrogen peroxide and potassium permanganate to neutralize the toxic compounds.

From Forbes • Feb. 12, 2014

Some 18th and 19 century doctors injected caustic solutions of silver nitrate or potassium permanganate into the urethra or vagina, while others inserted long, thin metal rods in the penile urethra.

From Slate • Oct. 25, 2011

Aureliano Segundo submitted secretly to the burning baths of permanganate and to diuretic waters, and both were cured separately after three months of secret suffering.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez