bichromate
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of bichromate
Example Sentences
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For one thing, said Douglas, who worked in Sollas' laboratory, the telltale 1953 analysis of the skull showed it had been aged with the chemical potassium bichromate.
From Time Magazine Archive
They are readily decomposed by heat, leaving a residue of the normal chromate and chromium sesquioxide, and liberating oxygen; ammonium bichromate, however, is completely decomposed 913 into chromium sesquioxide, water and nitrogen.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various
To sensitize the plates I employ a bath of bichromate of potash of six per cent, and again dry them.
Tap water will do, but I would suggest distilled water for making the sensitizing solution of bichromate of potassium.
From Photogravure by Blaney, Henry R.
To stain mahogany mix some bichromate of potash in hot water according to the depth of colour required.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" by Various
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