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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

(Chem.)

A salt of chromic acid containing two equivalents of the acid radical to one of the base; – called also

bichromate

See also: dichromate

Dichromate n pl

See also: Dichromate

dichromate ‎(plural dichromates)

(chemistry) any salt of dichromic acid; in solution the orange dichromate anion (Cr₂O₇^2-) is in equilibrium with the yellow chromate anion (CrO₄^2-), the relative amount of each ion depending on the pH; they are both very powerful oxidizing agents

any salt of dichromic acid