chromate

See also: Chromate

English

Etymology

chromic +‎ -ate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɹəʊmeɪt/

Noun

chromate (plural chromates)

1. (inorganic chemistry) any salt of chromic acid; in solution the yellow chromate anion (CrO₄^2-) 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

Derived terms

• bichromate
• cadmium chromate
• calcium chromate
• chlorochromate
• chromated copper arsenate
• chromate of iron
• chromate of lead
• chromate of potash
• chromate of potassium
• dichromate
• metachromate
• monochromate
• plumbous chromate
• potassium chromate
• pyridinium chlorochromate
• sodium chromate
• trichromate
• zinc chromate
• zinc chromate hydroxide

 

Translations

any salt of chromic acid

• Catalan: cromat m
• Finnish: kromaatti (fi)
• German: Chromat n
• Irish: crómáit f
• Italian: cromato (it) m
• Portuguese: cromato m
• Spanish: cromato m
• Welsh: cromad (cy) m

Verb

chromate (third-person singular simple present chromates, present participle chromating, simple past and past participle chromated)

1. To treat with a chromate solution

See also

• Le Chatelier's principle

Anagrams

• mathcore

French

Etymology

From chrome +‎ -ate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʁɔ.mat/

• Audio

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Noun

chromate m (plural chromates)

1. (inorganic chemistry) chromate

Further reading

• “chromate”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.