In 2018, Levi Strauss & Co. took a major step forward in chemical management when it launched Project F.L.X., a future-led ...

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 ...

Fireworks usually include gunpowder, but a hobbyist has made this rather impressive bang using potassium permanganate in lieu of the more traditional ingredient. Permanganate is a purple crystal which ...

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 ...

Swift Current’s drinking water is once again safe and ready for the upcoming year. Keegan Story, manager of environmental ...

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 ...

Potassium permanganate is a mild antiseptic with astringent properties. It is used in dermatology to treat weeping skin conditions. Potassium permanganate tablets are commonly used in clinical ...

BURNS of the vagina and cervix due to the use of potassium permanganate tablets as an abortifacient constitute a new and gradually increasing serious complication of early pregnancy in and around ...

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 ...