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Re: [OM] Potassium Permanganate

Subject: Re: [OM] Potassium Permanganate
From: Garth Wood <garth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 11 May 1998 20:57:32 -0600
At 04:23 PM 5/11/98 -0500, Doug Nowlin wrote:
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Felix Collins <felixc@xxxxxxxxx>
>to remove contaminants that are
>>
>>Just for the record....
>>I seem to remember from first year university chemistry that
>>Potassium Permanganate is a stong reducing agent, NOT an
>>oxidising agent.
>>
>>Felix Collins
>>
>Mix it with glycerin and you will get your answer.
>
>Doug


Doug forgot to mention: mix it QUICKLY, and then run like Hell.  (We used to 
use this mixture to melt through thick brass bolts...)

Better yet, don't mix it with glycerin at all.  Just tell everybody you did.

Garth

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