31. Authorities had hoped that crackdowns on potassium permanganate imports would seriously disrupt the cocaine trade. 32. It is now replaced with other oxidizers, due to the instability of permanganate mixtures. 33. For example, a mixture of potassium permanganate and glycerol or pulverized glucose ignites readily. 34. Sodium permanganate behaves similarly to potassium permanganate. 35. Sodium permanganate behaves similarly to potassium permanganate . 36. It can be also prepared in a similar way from barium permanganate and ammonium sulfate. 37. However, potassium permanganate is unable to efficiently oxidize diesel, gasoline, or BTEX. 38. The manganate ( IV ) anion has been prepared by radiolysis of dilute solutions of permanganate . 39. One of his important discoveries was the helpful effect of potassium permanganate to treat snake bites. 40. "' Sodium permanganate "'is the inorganic compound with the formula monohydrate.