dichromate
Meanings
noun
- Any salt of dichromic acid; in solution the orange dichromate anion.(Cr₂O₇²⁻) is in equilibrium with the yellow chromate anion (CrO₄²⁻), the relative amount of each ion depending on the pH; they are both very powerful oxidizing agents
verb
- To treat with a dichromate.
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Etymology
From di- + chromate.
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