Manganese oxide is any of a variety of manganese oxides and hydroxides.
[Wells A.F. (1984) ''Structural inorganic chemistry'' 5th edition Oxford Science Publications, .] These include
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Manganese(II) oxide
Manganese(II) oxide is an inorganic compound with chemical formula MnO.Arno H. Reidies "Manganese Compounds" Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology 2007; Wiley-VCH, Weinheim. It forms green crystals. The compound is produced on a large s ...
, MnO
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Manganese(II,III) oxide
Manganese(II,III) oxide is the chemical compound with formula Mn3O4. Manganese is present in two oxidation states +2 and +3 and the formula is sometimes written as MnO· Mn2O3. Mn3O4 is found in nature as the mineral hausmannite.
Preparation
Mn3O4 ...
, Mn
3O
4
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Manganese(III) oxide, Mn
2O
3
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Manganese dioxide, MnO
2
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Manganese(VI) oxide, MnO
3
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Manganese(VII) oxide
Manganese(VII) oxide (manganese heptoxide) is an inorganic compound with the formula Mn2O7. This volatile liquid is highly reactive. It is a dangerous oxidizer and was first described in 1860. It is the acid anhydride of permanganic acid.
Prop ...
, Mn
2O
7
Other manganese oxides include Mn
5O
8, Mn
7O
12 and Mn
7O
13.
Minerals
It may refer more specifically to the following manganese minerals:
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Birnessite
Birnessite (nominally MnO2.''n''H2O) is a hydrous manganese dioxide mineral with a chemical formula of Na0.7Ca0.3Mn7O14·2.8H2O. It is the main manganese mineral species at the Earth's surface, and commonly occurs as fine-grained, poorly crystall ...
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Buserite Buserite is a hydrated layered Mn-oxide mineral with nominal chemical formula MnO2.''n''H2O. It was named after Swiss chemist professor W. Buser, who first identified it in 1952 in deep-sea manganese nodules. Buser named it 10 Å manganate becau ...
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Hausmannite
Hausmannite is a complex oxide of manganese containing both di- and tri-valent manganese. The formula can be represented as Mn2+Mn3+2O4. It belongs to the spinel group and forms tetragonal crystals. Hausmannite is a brown to black metallic miner ...
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Manganite
Manganite is a mineral composed of manganese oxide-hydroxide, MnO(OH), crystallizing in the monoclinic system (pseudo-orthorhombic). Crystals of manganite are prismatic and deeply striated parallel to their length; they are often grouped togethe ...
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Manganosite
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Psilomelane
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Pyrolusite
Manganese may also form mixed oxides with other metals :
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Bixbyite, a manganese iron oxide mineral
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Jacobsite, a manganese iron oxide mineral
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Columbite
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Tantalite
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, a mineral group close to columbite
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Coltan, a mixture of columbite and tantalite
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Galaxite, a spinel mineral
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Todorokite
Todorokite is a rare complex hydrous manganese oxide mineral with the chemical formula . It was named in 1934 for the type locality, the Todoroki mine, Hokkaido, Japan. It belongs to the prismatic class 2/m of the monoclinic crystal system, bu ...
, a rare complex hydrous manganese oxide mineral
References
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