sodium dichromate

sodium dichromate

n.

A poisonous red-orange crystalline compound, Na₂Cr₂O₇·2H₂O, used as an oxidizing agent.

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sodium dichromate

n

(Chemistry / Elements & Compounds) a soluble crystalline solid compound, usually obtained as red or orange crystals and used as an oxidizing agent, corrosion inhibitor, and mordant. Formula Na₂Cr₂O₇ Also called (not in technical usage) sodium bichromate

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sodium dichromate - a red-orange salt used as a mordant sodium bichromate mordant - a substance used to treat leather or other materials before dyeing; aids in dyeing process salt - a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)