A fire at a Carus plant in LaSalle, Illinois, has temporarily shut down the only US producer of potassium permanganate and sodium permanganate and is raising concern about availability of the ...

LASALLE, Ill. (CBS) -- After an extra-alarm fire sent a billow of smoke into the air like a volcano in LaSalle, neighbors expressed concern about the chemical particles that landed on their property ...

LA SALLE, Ill. (WLS) -- A representative from Carus is calling Wednesday's chemical plant fire a blessing with everyone making it out safe and only property sustaining damage. "You saw the video ...

Carencro Water Superintendent Buster Broussard announced the Carencro water system on Andre St. is experiencing purple water discoloration caused by a valve malfunction that allowed excess potassium ...

POTASSIUM permanganate (1 per cent solution, containing 2 per cent sodium carbonate) has been recommended 1 as a spraying reagent for detecting carbohydrates on paper chromatograms. When testing this ...

Officina39 is addressing the denim industry's persistent use of potassium permanganate in denim finishing despite its known toxicity and environmental risks. The Italian chemical company is rolling ...

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 ...

An interesting phenomenon has been recorded during an investigation in which the test for decomposable organic matter, by the determination of the amount of oxygen absorbed by N/80 potassium ...

ALTHOUGH potassium permanganate is commonly employed as a disinfectant and deodorant and for local application in the treatment of dermatitis, fatal poisoning from its use is rare. As evidence of this ...

To find out a rapid and reliable procedure for estimating soil available nitrogen (N), the standard alkaline-permanganate extraction and its modification to include soil NO₃ were evaluated. The N ...