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Estimate pH of KMnO4: Is It Neutral?
Do you have the Ka value for Permanganic Acid? I'm about 500 miles removed from my CRC. Permanganic acid and the MnO4- salts are not on any of my reference materials as being a strong/weak anything. I do know that MnO4- is a great oxidizer though.- Mantas
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Estimate pH of KMnO4: Is It Neutral?
How could I estimate the pH of KMnO4 solution (strong oxidizer)? I believe it is neutral, but is that because it takes part in redox reactions and not acid/base or another reason?- Mantas
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Problematic Synthesis of Sodium Acetate
chemisttree, You spoke of an issue a company was having with the anhydrous form of sodium acetate being in solution with the trihydrate and that the anhydride was always present and could act as a seed crystal. I was wondering what the solution to this problem was. It seems to me that the...