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PRONUNCIATION OF POTASSIUM DICHROMATE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF POTASSIUM DICHROMATE

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Potassium dichromate is a noun.
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WHAT DOES POTASSIUM DICHROMATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

potassium dichromate

Potassium dichromate

Potassium dichromate, K2Cr2O7, is a common inorganic chemical reagent, most commonly used as an oxidizing agent in various laboratory and industrial applications. As with all hexavalent chromium compounds, it is acutely and chronically harmful to health and must be handled and disposed of appropriately. It is a crystalline ionic solid with a very bright, red-orange color.

Definition of potassium dichromate in the English dictionary

The definition of potassium dichromate in the dictionary is an orange-red crystalline soluble solid substance that is a good oxidizing agent and is used in making chrome pigments and as a bleaching agent. Formula: K2Cr2O7.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE POTASSIUM DICHROMATE

potash
potash alum
potassa
potassic
potassium
potassium bitartrate
potassium bromide
potassium carbonate
potassium chlorate
potassium chloride
potassium cyanide
potassium ferrocyanide
potassium hexacyanoferrate (II)
potassium hydrogen tartrate
potassium hydroxide
potassium manganate(VII)
potassium nitrate
potassium permanganate
potassium sulphate
potassium-argon dating

WORDS THAT END LIKE POTASSIUM DICHROMATE

acoelomate
automate
bichromate
bromate
chromate
coelomate
comate
cyclostomate
dichromate
diplomate
estimate
lead chromate
mate
monochromate
ostomate
pseudocoelomate
sodium bichromate
sodium dichromate
stomate
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Synonyms and antonyms of potassium dichromate in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «potassium dichromate» into 25 languages

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Find out the translation of potassium dichromate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of potassium dichromate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «potassium dichromate» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

重铬酸钾
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

dicromato de potasio
570 millions of speakers

English

potassium dichromate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पोटेशियम डाइक्रोमेट
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ثاني كرومات البوتاسيوم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

бихромат калия
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

dicromato de potássio
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পটাশিয়াম ডাইক্রমেট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

le dichromate de potassium
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kalium dikromat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kaliumdichromat
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

重クロム酸カリウム
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

중크롬산 칼륨
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kalium dichromate
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

kali dicromat
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பொட்டாசியம் டைகிரேட்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पोटॅशियम डिचोमैट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Potasyum dikromat
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

bicromato di potassio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dwuchromianu potasu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

біхромат калію
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

dicromat de potasiu
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

διχρωμικό κάλιο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kaliumdichromaat
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kaliumdikromat
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kaliumdikromat
5 millions of speakers

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about potassium dichromate

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POTASSIUM DICHROMATE»

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A Manual for the Chemical Analysis of Metals
Potassium dichromate (K2Cr207), unlike the above, is a primary standard when purchased in a sufficiently pure grade. Primary standard grade potassium dichromate is prepared by repeated crystallizations from aqueous solutions and may be ...
Thomas R. Dulski, 1996
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Salters Higher Chemistry
Example 1 When iron(II) sulphate solution reacts with acidified potassium dichromate solution, both iron(IlI) and chromium(III) ions are formed. The iron(II) ions in the iron(II) sulphate solution have changed to iron(III) ions: Fe2+(aq) -> Fe3+(aq) ...
‎1999
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Organic Chemistry
Potassium dichromate oxidation of ethanol to acetic acid is the basis for the original breath alcohol screening test used by law enforcement agencies to determine a person's blood alcohol content. The test is based on the difference in color ...
William Brown, Christopher Foote, Brent Iverson, 2008
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Concise Encyclopedia Chemistry
Potassium dichromate by the formate-potash process, in which potassium sulfate and lime are treated under pressure with carbon monoxide: K2SO4 + Ca(OH)2 + 2 CO -» 2HCOOK + CaSO4. The resulting potassium formate is oxidized to P.
Mary Eagleson, 1994
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A-Level Chemistry
6.4 O Cr •O O 2- o Cr- O O -Cr- •O O Potassium dichromate(VI) is used as an oxidising agent in titrimctric analysis. Since it can be obtained in a high degree of purity and is not deliquescent, it can be used as a primary standard.
E. N. Ramsden, 2000
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Calculations for A-level Chemistry
It is dissolved in acid, reduced to the Fe2+ state, and titrated with 40.8 cm3 of 0.0200 mol dm"3 potassium dichromate solution. What is the percentage purity of the iron wire? Hint : Amount of K2Cr207 ... amount of Fe2+ ... mass of Fe ... % of Fe ...
E. N. Ramsden, 2001
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Chemistry: Principles and Practice
The solubility of potassium dichromate increases when the temperature of the equilibrium system is increased. C e n g a g e L e a r n i n g / C h a r le s D . W in t e r s S o l u b i l i t y As the temperature increases, the solubility increases for any ...
Daniel Reger, Scott Goode, David Ball, 2009
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Pharmaceutical Drug Analysis
1 N K^r^ Potassium dichromate exhibits much greater stability in aqueous solution in comparison to potassium permanganate. Potassium dichromate possesses an inherent cranage colour that is not intense enough to serve its own end-point ...
Ashutosh Kar, 2005
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Water Qual Freshwater Fish
1t can be inferred from their results with potassium dichromate that pH values after 4 days were around 6.8 at a concentration of 155 mg/1 and 6.2 at 490 mg/1. Potassium chromate also seemed to drift from an initial pH of 8.5 to 7.5 at 320 mg /1 ...
Gwyneth Howells, 1994
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Inorganic Chromium(III) Compounds
The animals were restimulated once a week by intradermal injections of 25 μg of either chromium chloride or potassium dichromate. Simultaneously, 0.02 ml of either 0.5% chromium chloride or potassium dichromate in 1% Triton X-100 was  ...
‎2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POTASSIUM DICHROMATE»

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Evidence for bystander signalling between human trophoblast cells …
... 50 ppb Co2+ (cobalt chloride (CoCl2.6H2O)) combined with 2 ppb, 20 ppb and 40 ppb Cr6+ (potassium dichromate (K2CrO4) respectively. «Nature.com, Jul 15»
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These Rings Were Discovered in 1855—But We're Still Puzzling …
Put a drop of silver nitrate onto a drop of potassium dichromate in agar gel, and you get rings of silver dichromate. Do the same experiment in a ... «io9, Jul 15»
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Long-term soil transplant simulating climate change with latitude …
Soil organic matter (SOM) was measured by the potassium dichromate oxidation method (Allison, 1965). Soil electrical conductivity was ... «Nature.com, May 15»
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New Technologies Empower Pure Water
You don't typically see researchers walking down the street with beakers full of diethyl ether or potassium dichromate. This is why it's so striking ... «Laboratory Equipment, Mar 15»
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Salman Khan hit-and-run case: Prosecution to lead evidence of 2 …
To a query on the name of the oxidising agents in the test involving blood samples of Khan, he said they are potassium dichromate and sulfuric ... «The Indian Express, Feb 15»
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Art Works: Kit Anderson
... surface with a mixture of gum, ceramic colouring oxides and a light-sensitive chemical called potassium dichromate. When the surface dries, ... «LeftLion, Nov 14»
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COD analysis - fast and clean
The chemical oxygen demand (COD) of water is determined by the definition of potassium dichromate method (dichromate method DIN ... «International Environmental Technology, Oct 14»
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Warning over 175 dangerous chemicals found in food packaging …
Potassium dichromate. Potassium perchlorate. Hydrogen sulfide. Petrolatum. Hops extract. Naphtha. Ligroine. 4-(1,1,3,3-Tetramethylbutyl)- ... «Daily Mail, Jul 14»
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Saving the bacon during the first world war
... a chemist innovated a new casing made of gelatine and bichromate of potash (potassium dichromate) – the same chemical process used by ... «The Guardian, Jul 14»
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Stainless Steel - Surface Finishing
... immersing steels in a salt bath of molten sodium dichromate at 400°C, and in potassium dichromate/sulphuric acid solutions at 80 to 99°C. «Azom.com, Jun 14»

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