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sodium dichromate

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sodium dichromate
n.
A poisonous red-orange crystalline compound, Na2Cr2O7ยท2H2O, used as an oxidizing agent.

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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Noun1.sodium dichromate - a red-orange salt used as a mordant
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)


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Environmental Protection Agency and a leading expert on hexavalent chromium, told the committee that soldiers were exposed to 80 to 200 times the federal limit for worker exposure to sodium dichromate, which contains hexavalent chromium and which Gibb called one of the most potent human carcinogens.
Sodium dichromate is an inorganic compound containing hexavalent chromium known to be toxic and carcinogenic to humans and animals.
Anthracene, sodium dichromate, 5 tertbutyl-2 are among the 14 substances which have been listed by the European Chemicals Agency as hazardous for human health and environment.
 
 
 
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