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Dichromate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A compound containing the divalent negative ion, Cr2O7, usually having a characteristic orange-red color. Also called bichromate.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. 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

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A salt of chromic acid containing two equivalents of the acid radical to one of the base; -- called also bichromate.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. Same as bichromate.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a salt of the hypothetical dichromic acid

Word Usage

"I do remember, however, sneaking into the chemistry supply area in high school to get ammonium dichromate to make flaming "volcanoes," so maybe I do qualify."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

salt

Cross Reference

Le Chatelier's principle

Variant

bichromate

Form

potassium dichromate

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

alcoholate ferrocyanide iodate anhydrite chromate arsenite tartrate maltose dodecaborate pentathol