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
Dissolve 0.025 gram of potassium bichromate and 0.1 c.cm. of concentrated sulphuric acid in distilled water and dilute the solution to 100 c.cms.
From Chlorination of Water by Race, Joseph
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.
From this we learn that before the potassium bichromate enters into action in the battery, it is resolved into chromic acid.
From Electric Bells and All About Them A Practical Book for Practical Men by Bottone, S. R.
To sensitize the plates I employ a bath of bichromate of potash of six per cent, and again dry them.
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