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dichromic acid

dichromic acid noun: a relatively unstable form of chromic acid, H₂Cr₂O₇, known only in solution or as its salts, the dichromates, from which it may be prepared.

Noun

dichromic acid (uncountable)

  1. A relatively unstable form of chromic acid, H₂Cr₂O₇, known only in solution or as its salts, the dichromates, from which it may be prepared.

Origin of dichromic acid

From di- + chromic acid.

Questions about dichromic acid

What does dichromic acid mean?
Dichromic acid means a relatively unstable form of chromic acid, H₂Cr₂O₇, known only in solution or as its salts, the dichromates, from which it may be prepared.
What part of speech is dichromic acid?
Dichromic acid is a noun.

Words near dichromic acid in the dictionary

  1. dichromatism
  2. dichromatisms
  3. dichromatopsia
  4. dichromats
  5. dichromic
  6. dichromic acid
  7. dichromism
  8. dichromium
  9. dichromophoric
  10. dichronic
  11. dichronism

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