English edit

Etymology edit

per- +‎ chromic + acid

Noun edit

perchromic acid (uncountable)

  1. (chemistry) A certain highly oxidized compound of chromium, with a deep blue colour, and produced by the action of hydrogen peroxide.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for perchromic acid”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)