noun
- Plural of dichromate; salts or esters containing the dichromate ion (Cr₂O₇²⁻), commonly used as oxidizing agents in chemistry and industry.
Usage: chemistry; technical
Examples
- Potassium dichromates are widely used in laboratory oxidation reactions.
- The dichromates in the solution turned from orange to green as the reaction proceeded.
- Sodium dichromates are employed in leather tanning and metal finishing.
- Students learned to handle dichromates carefully due to their toxic and corrosive properties.
- The dichromates oxidized the alcohol to an aldehyde in the experiment.