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potas'sium perman'ganate



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.

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potassium oxalatepotassium phosphate
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