dichromate

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di·chro·mate

 (dī-krō′māt′, dī′krō-)
n.
The anionic divalent group, Cr2O7, or a compound containing it, usually having a characteristic orange-red color. Also called bichromate.
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dichromate

(daɪˈkrəʊmeɪt)
n
(Elements & Compounds) any salt or ester of dichromic acid. Dichromate salts contain the ion Cr2O72–. Also called: bichromate
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di•chro•mate

(daɪˈkroʊ meɪt)

n.
a salt of the hypothetical acid H2Cr2O7, as potassium dichromate, K2Cr2O7.
[1860–65]
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Noun1.dichromate - a salt of the hypothetical dichromic acid
salt - a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)
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Studies have indicated that the cryogel absorbs dichromate from aqueous solutions and that the interactions between the anion and the polymer are of physical nature.
The move will see the Queen's Award- winning site end production of chromic acid and chrome sulphate and concentrate on chrome oxide and sodium dichromate manufacture.
The yellow zinc dichromate finish is designed to keep wire the guards, bolts, washers and nuts rust flee.
Since Cyclospora oocysts must form sporocysts outside the human host before becoming infectious, the filtrate was resuspended in potassium dichromate (2.5%) and shaken for about 3 weeks at room temperature to induce sporulation.
The company, which specialised in production of dichromate holograms, went bust in 1996 and its assets were acquired by Krystal Holographics, which was subsequently acquired by DuPont as the core of its display hologram production business.
In order to ensure that the effects seen were not nonspecific responses to toxic high doses, the cells were exposed to low, relatively nontoxic doses of the metal compounds sodium arsenite, cadmium chloride, sodium dichromate, and nickel subsulfide for 4 hours.
Examples of these tests are chemical oxygen demand (COD), a measurement of oxidizable material in a sample by forced oxidation with potassium dichromate ([K.sub.2][Cr.sub.2][O.sub.7]), in sulfuric acid, biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), all estimate of the availability of food in a sample expressed in terms of microbial oxygen use over a five-day incubation period and ammonia-nitrogen (N[H.sub.3]-N), a ammonia nitrogen determination by sample reaction in alkaline conditions with Nessler reagent, potassium tetraiodomercurate ([K.sub.2]Hg[I.sub.4]).
Representative samples collected from birds between September 1987 and October 1988 were placed either in 2.5 percent (w/v) potassium dichromate solution ([K.sub.2][Cr.sub.2][0.sub.7]), phosphate buffered saline (PBS), or 10 percent formalin, and shipped to Kansas State University for diagnosis.
Cyanide copper, on the other hand, is more likely to suffer from the high alkalinity of the plating solution, and passivates based on sodium dichromate are very effective.
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Metallic mordants included aluminium sulphate, copper sulphate, ferric chloride, potassium dichromate and hydrated potassium aluminum sulphate or alum.
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