Give the uses of potassium permanganate. - Vidyadip

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Give the uses of potassium permanganate.

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Uses of potassium permanganate :

as an antiseptic.
as a powerful oxidising agent in laboratory and industry.
in the detection of unsaturation in organic compounds in the laboratory. (Baeyer’s reagent, alkaline $KMnO_4).$
for detecting halides in qualitative analysis.
in volumetric analysis for the estimation of $H _2 O _2, FeSO _4$ etc.)

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