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so'dium dichro'mate
Chem.
a red or orange crystalline, water-soluble solid, Na
2Cr
2O
7·2H
2O, used as an oxidizing agent in the manufacture of dyes and inks, as a corrosion inhibitor, a mordant, a laboratory reagent, in the tanning of leather, and in electroplating.
Also,sodium bichromate.Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.