Definitions for manganese

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manganese man·ga·nese

Spelling: [mang-guh-nees, -neez]

IPA: /ˈmæŋ gəˌnis, -ˌniz/

Manganese is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 236 anagrams from letters in manganese (aaeegmnns).

Definitions for manganese

noun

1. a hard, brittle, grayish-white, metallic element, an oxide of which, MnO 2(manganese dioxide) is a valuable oxidizing agent: used chiefly as an alloying agent in steel to give it toughness. Symbol: Mn; atomic weight: 54.938; atomic number: 25; specific gravity: 7.2 at 20°C.

Origin of manganese

1670-80; French manganèse Italian manganese, alteration of Medieval Latin magnesia magnesia

Examples for manganese

This may be removed by redistillation with peroxide of manganese.

The manganese ores are mined principally in the oxidized zone.

The fact that the Rio Grande rise also harbors traces of iron and manganese was not lost on the minerals industry.

Some metals are non-magnetic, this applying to iron if combined with manganese.

It is an advantage to add granulated carbon to the manganese.

manganese and magnesia enter also occasionally into its composition.

The atomic weight of manganese has been frequently determined.

At the center of the cell is a rod of carbon and manganese dioxide.

The heat throws off the oxygen from the red lead or manganese.

As has been stated previously, manganese forms two series of salts.