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Answer for the clue "A salt of the hypothetical dichromic acid ", 10 letters:
bichromate

Word definitions for bichromate in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Dichromate \Di*chro"mate\, n. (Chem.) A salt of chromic acid containing two equivalents of the acid radical to one of the base; -- called also bichromate .

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context chemistry English) dichromate

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a salt of the hypothetical dichromic acid [syn: dichromate ]

Usage examples of bichromate.

The determination is rendered sharper and less liable to error by the addition of a few drops of acetic acid to convert the chromate into bichromate.

In solutions rendered faintly acid with acetic acid, they give a yellow precipitate with bichromate of potash.

The quantity of iron peroxidised is determined by taking a known quantity of ferrous salt, oxidizing with a weighed sample of nitrate, and then determining the residual ferrous iron by titration with bichromate or permanganate of potassium solution.

Chromate of baryta is then thrown down, by the addition of bichromate of potash, as a yellow precipitate.