Meaning

2 senses
  1. Any salt of permanganic acid: they are purple crystalline solids, mostly soluble in water, and are strong oxidizing agents

    Permanganat

    пермангана́тpermanganát

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

  2. Potassium permanganate

Examples

2 sentences
  1. Why is potassium permanganate purple?

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  2. My finger turned brown after I dipped it in a slightly concentrated solution of potassium permanganate.

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Translations

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Русский
By meaning 1
salt of permanganic acid:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
salt of permanganic acid:

Origin

From per- + manganate.

From per- + manganate.

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Forms

plural: permanganates
Singularpermanganate
Pluralpermanganates

regular

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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