chromate

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Synonyms: chromite, chromat, chromato, chromat-, achromate, chromatic, chroma, coronate, choate, cremate, comate

Antonyms: chromite, chromat, chromato, chromat-, achromate, chromatic, chroma, coronate, choate, cremate, comate

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Noun

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

Verb

1. To treat with a chromate solution

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