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Examples of potassium permanganate in a Sentence
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Additionally, the potassium permanganate replacement is easy to manage in production.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 29 Oct. 2024
Additionally, Crescent replaces pumice stones with ceramic stones and finishes garments with cleaner alternatives to potassium permanganate spray.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 22 Oct. 2024
Since 2019, 100 percent of its denim is made without potassium permanganate.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 26 Sep. 2024
The residue bore traces of gold, potassium permanganate and copper, which Dr. Poliński thinks may have been left by a potion concocted to treat her ailments.
—Franz Lidz, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2023
Univar also stored chemicals next to each other that shouldn’t have been next to each other, like sulfuric acid next to potassium hydroxide and ammonium hydroxide and nitric acid next to potassium permanganate, ammonium persulfate, and hydrogen peroxide, according to the EPA’s allegations.
—Brian Amaral, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Jan. 2023
Another group exposed nanotubes to sulfuric acid and potassium permanganate, a strong oxidizing agent, which strained the carbon bonds and caused the tubes to unzip lengthwise, as shown here.
—Discover Magazine, 29 June 2010
Pingpong-like balls filled with potassium permanganate and injected with glycol are dropped from the air.
—Matt Wyatt, ExpressNews.com, 7 Jan. 2021
Each of the one-inch spheres, called Dragon Eggs, contains potassium permanganate, and just before they are released they are given a pin injection of anti-freeze.
—David Helvarg, National Geographic, 16 Oct. 2020
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Word History
First Known Use
1866, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of potassium permanganate was
in 1866
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“Potassium permanganate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/potassium%20permanganate. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
Kids Definition
potassium permanganate
noun-(ˌ)pər-ˈmaŋ-gə-ˌnāt
: a dark purple salt used especially as a disinfectant
Medical Definition
potassium permanganate
noun
: a dark purple salt KMnO4 used chiefly as an oxidizing agent and disinfectant
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