manganese tetroxide

noun

: a compound Mn₃O₄ or MnMn₂O₄ found in nature as hausmannite and obtained as a reddish brown powder by strongly heating manganese oxides or hydroxides in air

called also manganomanganic oxide, red manganese oxide

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