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Chromic acid

noun
1.
An unstable acid known only in solution and as chromate salts.






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"Chromic acid" Quotes from Famous Books



... means of strong nitric acid,[2] chromic acid mixture,[3] or permanganates.[4] Electrolytic oxidation[5] has also been proposed. The procedure given above involves the use of chromic acid mixture, but, owing to a change in the concentration of sulfuric acid, the time of reaction is ...
— Organic Syntheses • James Bryant Conant

... Chromic Acid, Chromate, Bichromate of Potassium.—These act as corrosives when solid or in concentrated liquid forms. In dilute solutions they act as irritants. Used as dyes; have proved fatal more than once. Those engaged in their manufacture suffer from unhealthy ulcers ...
— Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology • W. G. Aitchison Robertson

... almost uniformly green. Within the chloroplasts are globular, glistening bodies, called "pyrenoids." The cell has several nuclei, but they are scarcely evident in the living cell. By placing the cells for a few hours in a one per cent watery solution of chromic acid, then washing thoroughly and staining with borax carmine, the nuclei will be made very evident (Fig. 13, B). Such preparations may be kept permanently in ...
— Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany - For High Schools and Elementary College Courses • Douglas Houghton Campbell



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