ALL meanings of chromate
chro·mate
C c - noun chromate any salt or ester of chromic acid. Simple chromate salts contain the divalent ion, CrO42–, and are orange 3
- noun chromate a salt of chromic acid, containing the divalent, negative radical CrO4 3
- noun chromate an uncharged ester of this acid 3
- noun chromate (chemistry) 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. 1
- noun chromate a salt of chromic acid, as potassium chromate, K 2 CrO 4 . 1