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/daɪˈkɹəʊmeɪt/ · noun
(chemistry) 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.
Use dichromate when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Dichromate means (chemistry) 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.
Common synonyms include bichromate.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Use dichromate where its definition matches the intended context.
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