Potassium manganate is an oxidizing agent and therefore oxidizes iron (ii) ion to iron (iii) ion which turns the solution brown. Sodium molybdate on the other hand is not an oxidizing agent hence can not oxidize iron (ii) ion to iron (iii)
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