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One mole of potassium permanganate kmno4 contains grams of oxygen.

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1 mol KMnO₄ contains 4 mol O, which has a molar mass of about 15.999 g/mol. Then the mass of O in the sample is

(4 mol) (15.999 g/mol) ≈ 63.996 g

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