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Chromate vs Chromite - What's the difference?

chromate | chromite |

As nouns the difference between chromate and chromite

is that chromate is 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 while chromite is a dark brown mineral species with the formula FeCr2O4.

chromate

English

Noun

(en noun) (wikipedia 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

    • Derived terms

    *bichromate *cadmium chromate *chlorochromate *chromated copper arsenate *chromate of iron *chromate of lead *chromate of potash *chromate of potassium *dichromate *metachromate *monochromate *plumbous chromate *potassium chromate *pyridinium chlorochromate *sodium chromate *trichromate *zinc chromate *zinc chromate hydroxide

    See also

    *Le Chatelier's principle

    chromite

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia chromite)
  • (mineral) A dark brown mineral species with the formula FeCr2O4.
  • Any member of the chromite-magnesiochromite series that is a mixed oxide of iron, magnesium and chromium with the formula (Fe,Mg)Cr2O4. It is a commercial source of chromium.

    • Synonyms

    * ferrochromite

    Derived terms

    * ferrochromite * magnesiochromite

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