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Chromate Common

Origin: Latin suffix -ate

Chromate has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

any salt or ester of chromic acid

2

any salt of chromic acid; in solution the yellow chromate anion (CrO₄²⁻) 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