CHROMATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chromate mean? 

• CHROMATE (noun)
  The noun CHROMATE has 1 sense:

1. any salt or ester of chromic acid

  Familiarity information: CHROMATE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHROMATE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any salt or ester of chromic acid

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("chromate" is a kind of...):

salt (a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "chromate"):

lead chromate (a poisonous chromate of lead used as a pigment in paint)

 Context examples 

Lead chromate primarily affects the lungs causing shortness of breath, bronchitis, pneumonia and asthma but can also affect the gastrointestinal tract, liver, kidneys and immune system.

(Lead Chromate, NCI Thesaurus)

Poison ivy is a frequent cause of such reactivity, due to the urushiol from the plant, as are a variety of antigens derived from industrial exposure (e.g. rubber, chromate, nickel).

(Contact Hypersensitivity, NCI Thesaurus)

Calcium chromate is highly corrosive and is a strong oxidizing agent.

(Calcium Chromate, NCI Thesaurus)

Lead chromate is highly corrosive and is a strong oxidizing agent.

(Lead Chromate, NCI Thesaurus)

Calcium chromate primarily affects the nose, throat and lungs causing ulcerations, shortness of breath, bronchitis, pneumonia and asthma-like allergy but can also affect the gastrointestinal tract, liver, kidneys and immune system.

(Calcium Chromate, NCI Thesaurus)