KMnO4
158.034 g/mol
Industrial ChemicalDanger
POTASSIUM PERMANGANATE
CAS7722-64-7EC231-760-3
Category
Industrial Chemical
Compound Class
Inorganic Salt
Primary Use
oxidizing agent for disinfection and bleaching
Potassium permanganate is an inorganic compound that forms a purplish-black crystalline salt. It is widely used as an oxidizing agent for disinfection and bleaching.
oxidizing agentdisinfectantbleaching agent
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Safety Reference
Danger
H272May intensify fire; oxidizer
H302Harmful if swallowed
H400Very toxic to aquatic life
H410Very toxic to aquatic life with long lasting effects
H314Causes severe skin burns and eye damage
H318Causes serious eye damage
H373May cause damage to organs through prolonged or repeated exposure
H335May cause respiratory irritation
H341Suspected of causing genetic defects
H361Suspected of damaging fertility or the unborn child
H372Causes damage to organs through prolonged or repeated exposure
H370Causes damage to organs
Identifiers
IUPAC Name
potassium permanganate
InChIKey
VZJVWSHVAAUDKD-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES
[O-][Mn](=O)(=O)=O.[K+]
Synonyms (62)
- Potassium permanganate (JP18/USP)
- Potassium permanganate, meets USP testing specifications
- Potassium permanganate, puriss., meets analytical specification of Ph. Eur., BP, USP, 99-100.5%
- USP Solution Potassium Permanganate 0.100 Normal Conforms to USP
- 0.02M Potassium permanganate
- Algae-K
- Argucide
- Cairox
- Chameleon mineral
- Condy's crystals
- Diversey Diversol CXU
- En-potab
- Hilco #88
- Insta-perm
- Kali permanganicum
- Kaliumpermanganat
- Kaliumpermanganat [German]
- POTASSIUM PERMANGANATE
- Permanganate de potassium
- Permanganate of potash
- Permanganate, Potassium
- Permanganato potasico
- Permitabs
- Potassio (permanganato di)
- Potassium (permanganate de)
- Potassium manganate(VII)
- Potassium permanganate, p.a.
- Pure Light E 2
- Solo San Soo
- Walko Tablets
- potasiumpermanganate
- trioxo(potassiooxy)manganese