chromate

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈkrəʊˌmeɪt/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(krō′māt)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
chro•mate  (krō′māt),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Chemistrya salt of chromic acid, as potassium chromate, K2CrO4.
  • chrom(ic acid) + -ate2 1810–20

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
chromate / ˈkrəʊˌmeɪt/
  1. any salt or ester of chromic acid. Simple chromate salts contain the divalent ion, CrO42–, and are orange
'chromate' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
barium chromate - barium yellow - basic dichromate - bichromate - bismuth chromate - chrome red - chrome yellow - chromic acid - chromite - crocoite - dichromate - lead chromate - molybdate orange

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