Talk:Manganese heptoxide
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editAdded a redirect here from manganese heptoxide. --Pyrochem 04:16, 28 August 2006 (UTC) melts and sublimes eh?1
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editHeptaoxide should be spelled heptoxide. In chemical compounds, to reduce confusion, the last vowel is dropped from the numerical prefix before compounds such as oxide and auride. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.221.179.18 (talk) 23:41, 25 February 2010 (UTC)
- Really? I agree that "manganese heptoxide" is the correct spelling for this compound, but following your rule would yield such spellings as chromium troxide and carbon doxide, which are clearly wrong. Then again, there's also osmium tetroxide and "phosphorus pentoxide". Maybe someone knows if there's an actual rule..? --Pyrochem (talk) 21:02, 27 February 2011 (UTC)
Permanganic Acid
editManganese heptoxide is not permanganic acid. Manganese heptoxide has the formula Mn2O7 while permanganic acid has the formula HMnO4. To be an acid any compound must contain hydrogen. For this reason I am removing the 'also known as' for permanganic acid in the opening paragraph. Markcoulter50 (talk) 18:42, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
- If it's not, why is Permanganic acid redirected here? farewell… 01:42, 19 November 2010 (UTC)
- That's the typical Arrhenius acid and Brosted-Lowry definition of an acid. There is also the Lewis acid definition, which does not require hydrogen to be involved. ...I do not think it falls under a Lewis acid, but I wanted to address the "must contain hydrogen" comment. 2600:8800:5E06:601:4512:F2AB:2DFF:756C (talk) 21:13, 30 June 2019 (UTC)