chromic chloride

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noun

a violet, crystalline compound, CrCl 3 , occurring in both water-soluble and water-insoluble forms, or a green or violet, water-soluble deliquescent compound, CrCl 3 ⋅6H 2 O: used chiefly as a mordant, in chrome-steel plating, and in the synthesis of chromium salts.

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Solutions of chromic chloride in presence of excess of acid are green in colour.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" by Various

By passing ammonia over heated chromic chloride, the nitride, CrN, is formed as a brownish powder.

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