Potassium permanganate is a common chemical compound that combines manganese oxide ore with potassium hydroxide. It’s used to treat fungal infections of the skin like infected eczema and athlete’s ...

A fire at a Carus plant in LaSalle, Illinois, has temporarily shut down the only US producer of potassium permanganate and sodium permanganate and is raising concern about availability of the ...

Water turned pink in a small Canadian town this week after a faulty valve allowed the disinfectant potassium permanganate to seep into the water supply. The color looks alarming, but the chemical ...

Manganese metal looks like, uh, nothing special. A shiny metal. But some of the chemical compounds that contain the element are very special. One, potassium permanganate may have been the inspiration ...

Officina39 is addressing the denim industry's persistent use of potassium permanganate in denim finishing despite its known toxicity and environmental risks. The Italian chemical company is rolling ...

POTASSIUM permanganate (1 per cent solution, containing 2 per cent sodium carbonate) has been recommended 1 as a spraying reagent for detecting carbohydrates on paper chromatograms. When testing this ...

Consumers adore vintage-looking jeans, but potassium permanganate (PP), a chemical oxidizer that is used to accentuate worn, faded design elements on denim remains one of the denim industry's dirty ...

Most of us take it for granted that the taps in our homes will deliver safe and clean water for drinking, cooking, showering and cleaning. This means there is usually little interest from the public ...

ALTHOUGH potassium permanganate is commonly employed as a disinfectant and deodorant and for local application in the treatment of dermatitis, fatal poisoning from its use is rare. As evidence of this ...

Addition of a liquid to a crystalline substance produces smoke an intense violet flames. Set up a heat resistant mat next to an operating vent in the bench top. Add 10 to 15 drops of glycerol to the ...