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In one, known as "acagine," it is mixed with 15 per cent. of lead chromate, and sometimes with about the same quantity of barium sulphate; the function of the latter being simply that of a diluent, while to the lead chromate is ascribed by its inventor (Wolff) the power of retaining any chlorine that may be set free from the bleaching-powder by the reduction of the chromic acid.

—Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use

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noun A salt or ester of chromic acid.

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The PPG Aerospace chromate-free depaint / repaint process includes a new exterior epoxy primer based on nanotechnology and an adhesion promoter PPG manufactures under license from Boeing, according to Alan Schoeder, PPG Aerospace commercial coatings global segment manager.
Unlike another chromate-free conversion coating, only one application is needed with EAP-9, and no mechanical abrading is required. '
This material is the first qualified non-chromate environmentally friendly corrosion inhibiting access door and panel sealer available to the industry. — News
Molybdate, selenate, chromate (chromium VI), arsenate, tungstate, chlorate, and perchlorate bind to the ATP sulfurylase domain, with the first five serving as alternative substrates that promote the decomposition of ATP to AMP and PPi. — CiteULike: Everyone's library
In this chromate, as in many others, the affinity of the chromic acid to the base is small; the former is liable to separate from the latter, and, by deoxidation, to become converted into green oxide of chromium 30. — Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists