Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

potassium permanganate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.92 in modern English

Syllables: potas-si-um per-man-ganate
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

21

Letters

5

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

KMnO₄, the most readily available commercial permanganate; it is used as an oxidizing agent both in industry and in the analytical laboratory.

Inflected Forms

potassium permanganates (plural)

Synonyms

permanganate of potash

Questions

What does potassium permanganate mean?: KMnO₄, the most readily available commercial permanganate; it is used as an oxidizing agent both in industry and in the analytical laboratory.

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