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How will you pure potassium permanganate crystals from its ore, pyrolusite? Give the reaction involve.

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The ore is pyrolusite -MnO2
Look the given equation,
3K2MnO4+4HCl2KMnO4+MnO2+2H2O+4KCl
Fusion of MnO2 with KOH and oxidizing agent results in potassium manganate (green mass) which disproportionates to give potassium permanganate.

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