sodium dichromate

[ soh-dee-uhm dahy-kroh-meyt ]

/ ˈsoʊ di əm daɪˈkroʊ meɪt /

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noun Chemistry.

a red or orange crystalline, water-soluble solid, Na2Cr2O7⋅2H2O, used as an oxidizing agent in the manufacture of dyes and inks, as a corrosion inhibitor, a mordant, a laboratory reagent, in the tanning of leather, and in electroplating.

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Also so·di·um bi·chro·mate

[soh-dee-uhm bahy-kroh-meyt] /ˈsoʊ di əm baɪˈkroʊ meɪt/ .

Origin of sodium dichromate

First recorded in 1900–05

Words nearby sodium dichromate

sodium chlorate, sodium chloride, sodium citrate, sodium cyanide, sodium cyclamate, sodium dichromate, sodium ethylate, sodium fluoride, sodium fluoroacetate, sodium glutamate, sodium hexametaphosphate

How to use sodium dichromate in a sentence

For example, Kuwait recently put a limit the allowable amount of sodium in bread to lower blood pressure.
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For all intents and purposes, sodium thiopental is now unavailable in the United States.
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Sports drinksSugar and sodium are good things when it comes to sports drinks!
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But for more rigorous sweat sessions, the low-sodium drink does come up short in replenishing the salt your body loses.
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Other measurements on nutrition labels—calories, fat, sodium—are passive: They simply state how much is in the food.
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The metal is then removed, and washed successively with very dilute sodium hydroxid solution, alcohol, and ether.
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This fluid is then heated, adding crystals of sodium acetate until it becomes perfectly clear.
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Rarely, sodium urate occurs in crystalline form—slender prisms, arranged in fan- or sheaf-like structures (Fig. 32).
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Glass rods and tubing of sodium glass: for stirring rods, urinary pipets, etc.
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Sodium and alcohol reduce common camphor to a mixture of d- and l-borneol.
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British Dictionary definitions for sodium dichromate

sodium dichromate

noun

a soluble crystalline solid compound, usually obtained as red or orange crystals and used as an oxidizing agent, corrosion inhibitor, and mordant. Formula Na 2 Cr 2 O 7Also called (not in technical usage): sodium bichromate

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