Dichromate

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  • noun. The anionic divalent group, Cr2O7, or a compound containing it, usually having a characteristic orange-red color.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Same as bichromate.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A salt of chromic acid containing two equivalents of the acid radical to one of the base; -- called also bichromate.
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  • 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
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  • noun. a salt of the hypothetical dichromic acid
    • Word Usage
    "She went online and ordered potassium dichromate, a corrosive chemical than can destroy human tissue."
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    Le Chatelier's principle  
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    Words that are more generic or abstract
    salt  
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    Words that are found in similar contexts
    alcoholate  anhydrite  arsenite  bichromate  bisulfite  
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    bichromate  
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