1. I am an inorganic salt.
2. I am soluble in water, ethanol, methanol and propanone.
3. I possess a metal cation and a complex anion.
4. My anion is made up of another metal and oxygen.
5. Apart from being a powerful oxidizing agent, I can be used as a disinfectant at home.
6. My characteristic purple colour is due to this my complex anion.
Who am I?
ANSWER: KMnO4 or Potassium tetraoxopermanganate (VII).
2. I am soluble in water, ethanol, methanol and propanone.
3. I possess a metal cation and a complex anion.
4. My anion is made up of another metal and oxygen.
5. Apart from being a powerful oxidizing agent, I can be used as a disinfectant at home.
6. My characteristic purple colour is due to this my complex anion.
Who am I?
ANSWER: KMnO4 or Potassium tetraoxopermanganate (VII).
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Lillian > 2
Myles > 1
DIXINJN > 1
Lillian > 2
Myles > 1
DIXINJN > 1
1.Sometimes I am visible, sometimes not so visible and you have to fish me out.
1. Sometimes I am visible, sometimes not so visible and you have to fish me out.
2. All substances in the elemental form do not want to have anything to do with me
3. I trace my ancestry to the oxygen atom.
4. At the end of the day I am only a number.
5. With regard to oxygen I am a negative integer, with hydrogen I am a positive integer.
6. Though Reduction and Oxidation constitute an inseparable pair I am stuck only to the latter
WHO AM I?
ANSWER: Oxidation number/state
2. All substances in the elemental form do not want to have anything to do with me
3. I trace my ancestry to the oxygen atom.
4. At the end of the day I am only a number.
5. With regard to oxygen I am a negative integer, with hydrogen I am a positive integer.
6. Though Reduction and Oxidation constitute an inseparable pair I am stuck only to the latter
WHO AM I?
ANSWER: Oxidation number/state
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Lillian > 2
Myles > 1
DIXINJN > 1
Victor > 1
Lillian > 2
Myles > 1
DIXINJN > 1
Victor > 1
I do occur in the uncombined state but that is rare
The alchemists believed I am the oldest metal
The ancient Romans associated me with all successful plumbers
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Lillian > 2
Myles > 2
DIXINJN > 1
Victor > 1
Lillian > 2
Myles > 2
DIXINJN > 1
Victor > 1
1. I do occur in the uncombined state but that is rare
2. Often, I am in a combined state
3. The alchemists believed I am the oldest metal
4. The ancient Romans associated me with all successful plumbers
5. Indeed I am a metal among the Main Group Elements
6. I am the last member of Group (or 14) of the periodic Table with atomic number 82
Who am I?
ANSWER: lead
2. Often, I am in a combined state
3. The alchemists believed I am the oldest metal
4. The ancient Romans associated me with all successful plumbers
5. Indeed I am a metal among the Main Group Elements
6. I am the last member of Group (or 14) of the periodic Table with atomic number 82
Who am I?
ANSWER: lead
I need to change the riddles πππ
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Lillian > 2
Myles > 2
DIXINJN > 2
Victor > 1
Lillian > 2
Myles > 2
DIXINJN > 2
Victor > 1
1. I am a famous simple formula.
2. I give the total energy of an object.
3. I am associated with a famous physicist whose fame I share.
4. I give the relation between mass and energy.
5. I contain a universal constant, the speed of light in vacuum.
Who am I?
ANSWER: E = mcΒ²
2. I give the total energy of an object.
3. I am associated with a famous physicist whose fame I share.
4. I give the relation between mass and energy.
5. I contain a universal constant, the speed of light in vacuum.
Who am I?
ANSWER: E = mcΒ²
1.Generally I am a very desirable process but I can be destructive too.
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