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   Illegal drug trade in the People's Republic of China

   Opium produced in these areas is not converted into heroin, but is consumed locally by the ethnic minority groups in these isolated areas. ... China is also the second largest producer of potassium permanganate in the world.
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   Manganese

   In the 17th century, German chemist Johann Glauber first produced permanganate, a useful laboratory reagent (although some people believe that it was discovered by Ignites Kaim in 1770). ... Other important manganese deposits are in China, Australia, Brazil, Gabon, Ghana, India, and Mexico.
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   Ethanol

   Dried residues on 9000-year-old pottery found in China imply that alcoholic beverages were used even among Neolithic people. ... Hydrogen peroxide · Eosin · Tosylchloramide sodium · Propanol · Isopropanol · Ethanol · Potassium permanganate · Sodium hypochlorite
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   Shrimp farm

   China also produced about 370,000 tonnes of Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis). ... Wilkinson, S.: "The use of lime, gypsum, alum and potassium permanganate in water quality management", Aquaculture Asia 2(2), April–June 2002; pp. 12-14.
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   Clandestine chemistry

   Many manufacturers and suppliers exist in Europe, China, India, the United States, and a host of other countries. ... These organizations raised specific concerns about potassium permanganate and acetic anhydride.
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   Forensic entomology

   Song Ci (also known as Sung Tz’u), was a lawyer and death investigator who lived in China in the late 13th century. ... Potassium permanganate staining
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   Banana

   | China | 6.4 | ... This effect can be exploited by packing the fruit in a polyethylene bag and including an ethylene absorbent, potassium permanganate, on an inert carrier.
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   Bromine

   Approximately 556,000 metric tons (worth around US$2.5 billion) of bromine are produced per year (2007) worldwide with the United States, China, and Israel being the primary producers. ... When certain ionic compounds containing bromine are mixed with potassium permanganate (KMnO4), they will form a pale brown cloud of bromine gas.
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   Silver

   The principal sources of silver are the ores of copper, copper-nickel, lead, and lead-zinc obtained from Peru, Mexico, China, Australia, Chile and Poland. ... Silver metal is attacked by strong oxidisers such as potassium permanganate KMnO4and potassium dichromate K2Cr2O7, and in the presence of potassium bromide KBr these compounds are used in photography to bleach silver images, converting them to silver halides that can either be fixed with thiosulfate or re-developed to intensify the original image.
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    Air-independent propulsion

    These used steam turbines, employing steam heated by burning diesel fuel in the steam/oxygen atmosphere created by the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide by a potassium permanganate catalyst. ... The United States, France, the United Kingdom, Russia and the Peoples Republic of China are the only countries known to operate nuclear powered submarines.

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• Illegal drug trade in the People's Republic of China,
• Manganese,
• Ethanol,
• Shrimp farm,
• Clandestine chemistry,
• Forensic entomology,
• Banana,
• Bromine,
• Silver,
• Air-independent propulsion