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chromates

chromates is the plural of chromate.

Meaning of chromate

Noun

chromate (plural chromates)

  1. any salt of chromic acid; in solution the yellow chromate anion (CrO₄²⁻) is in equilibrium with the orange dichromate anion (Cr₂O₇²⁻), the relative amount of each ion depending on the pH; they are both very powerful oxidizing agents

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Phrases with chromates

Questions about chromates

What is chromates the plural of?
Chromates is the plural of chromate.

Words near chromates in the dictionary

  1. chromascopes
  2. chromat-
  3. chromate
  4. chromate of potassium
  5. chromated
  6. chromates
  7. chromatherapy
  8. chromatian
  9. chromatic
  10. chromatic aberration
  11. chromatic aberrations

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