bichromate

[ bahy-kroh-meyt ]

noun

, Chemistry.

1. dichromate.

bichromate

/ -mɪt; baɪˈkrəʊˌmeɪt /

noun

1. another name for dichromate

Word History and Origins

Origin of bichromate¹

First recorded in 1850–55; bi- ¹ + chromate

Example Sentences

For it, Mr. Gowin departed from his usual silver gelatin to make a rough-surfaced gum bichromate print, creating a field of mottled blues and starlike white dots on which swirling outlines suggest battling constellations.

From New York Times

To combine or treat with a bichromate, esp. with bichromate of potassium; as, bichromatized gelatine.

From Project Gutenberg

In extensive outbreaks I have had the best results with the administration thrice daily of carbolic acid, nitro-muriatic acid, or bichromate of potassium, and hypodermically of iodide of potassium and sulphate of quinia.

From Project Gutenberg

From this we learn that before the potassium bichromate enters into action in the battery, it is resolved into chromic acid.

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This was the discovery of Mr. Mungo Ponton, who first observed and announced the effects of the sun’s rays upon bichromate of potash.

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