bichromate

American  

[bahy-kroh-meyt] / baɪˈkroʊ meɪt /

noun

Chemistry.

1. dichromate.

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bichromate British  

/ -mɪt, baɪˈkrəʊˌmeɪt /

noun

1. another name for dichromate

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Etymology

Origin of bichromate

First recorded in 1850–55; bi- ¹ + chromate

Example Sentences

For it, Mr. Gowin departed from his usual silver gelatin to make a rough-surfaced gum bichromate print, creating a field of mottled blues and starlike white dots on which swirling outlines suggest battling constellations.

From New York Times

A salt containing two parts of chromic acid to one of the other ingredients; as, potassfum bichromate; Ð called also dichromate.

From Project Gutenberg

In extensive outbreaks I have had the best results with the administration thrice daily of carbolic acid, nitro-muriatic acid, or bichromate of potassium, and hypodermically of iodide of potassium and sulphate of quinia.

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Hence, though the solution of potassium bichromate is an excellent depolariser as long as it contains any of the salt, it soon becomes exhausted.

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This was the discovery of Mr. Mungo Ponton, who first observed and announced the effects of the sun’s rays upon bichromate of potash.

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