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Which is the name of $KMnO X_{4}$ ?

Apotassium permanganate
Bpotassium hypomanganate
Cpotassium manganate
Dpotassium manganite

Answer: A

MnO X_{4} X^{-}

(Mn = +7) is permanganate;

MnO X_{4} X^{2 -}

(Mn = +6) is manganate. So

KMnO X_{4}

is potassium permanganate.

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