perchromate

noun

per·​chromate

¦pər,

(ˈ)per+

: a salt of a perchromic acid formed by the action of hydrogen peroxide on a chromate

called also peroxychromate

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary perchromic (in perchromic acid) + -ate

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