bichromate

American  

[bahy-kroh-mayt] / baɪˈkroʊ meɪt /

noun

Chemistry.

1. dichromate.

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bichromate British  

/ baɪˈkrəʊˌmeɪt, -mɪt /

noun

1. another name for dichromate

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Etymology

Origin of bichromate

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

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Example Sentences

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bichromate

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

Tap water will do, but I would suggest distilled water for making the sensitizing solution of bichromate of potassium.

From Photogravure by Henry R. Blaney

Other experimenters played variations on Mr. Ponton’s bichromate scale, and amongst the performers were M. E. Becquerel, of France, and our own distinguished countryman, Mr. Robert Hunt.

From The Evolution of Photography With a Chronological Record of Discoveries, Inventions, etc., Contributions to Photographic Literature, and Personal Reminescences Extending over Forty Years by John Werge

Potassium chromate, K2CrO4, may be prepared by neutralizing a solution of potassium bichromate with potassium carbonate or with caustic potash.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various

By the action of ammonia, p-toluene sulphonamide is produced and is subsequently oxidised by bichromate and sulphuric acid to p-sulphonamidobenzoic acid.

From Chlorination of Water by Joseph Race

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