Definition of Dichromic acid

1. Noun. The hypothetical acid (H2Cr2O7) from which dichromates are derived; known only in solution and in the form of dichromate salts.

Generic synonyms: Acid

Definition of Dichromic acid

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

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Dichromic Acid

dichroite
dichroites
dichromacy
dichromasy
dichromat
dichromate
dichromates
dichromatically
dichromatism
dichromatisms
dichromatopsia
dichromats
dichromia
dichromic
dichromic acid (current term)
dichromism
dichromium
dichromophil
dichroous
dichroscope
dichroscopes
dichroscopic
dicht
dichted
dichting
dichts
dicier
diciest

Literary usage of Dichromic acid

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Qualitative Analysis as a Laboratory Basis for the Study of General by William Conger Morgan (1906)
"... to test a colorless solution for the presence of dichromic acid, however. ... a large amount of dichromic acid will make itself evident during both the ..."

2. A Treatise on Pharmacy for Students and Pharmacists by Charles Caspari (1906)
"It may be looked upon as a salt of dichromic acid, which latter is the result of the union of 2 molecules of chromic acid, with the elimination of water ..."

3. A Treatise on Chemistry by Henry Enfield Roscoe, Carl Schorlemmer, Harold Govett Colman, Arthur Harden (1907)
"... water on warming.1 From the high conductivity of the solutions of chromic acid Ostwald concludes that the dissolved acid ia present as dichromic acid, ..."

4. Manual of Chemistry: A Guide to Lectures and Laboratory Work for Beginners by William Simon (1916)
"... but to the fact that chromates have a great tendency to pass to salts of dichromic acid. They are decomposed to borne extent by water, thus : 2K,CrO4 + ..."

5. The Principles of Inorganic Chemistry by Wilhelm Ostwald (1904)
"... chromic acid being a weak acid in the true sense, but is due to the great tendency of the chromates to pass into salts of the condensed dichromic acid, ..."

6. A German-English Dictionary for Chemists by Austin McDowell Patterson (1917)
"... a. of or combined with dichromic acid, dichromate of. ... dichromic acid. dicht, a. tight; dense; firm, compact, thick, ..."

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