a poisonous, yellowish
red chemical in the
form of a crystal-like substance. It is used as an oxidizer (a chemical that helps unite other chemicals with oxygen) in matches, explosives and fireworks, as oxygen is needed for combustion (
burning) to take
place. It has various other uses, including being one of the chemicals used in photography, dyeing fabrics, washing dishes, etc. You are all of a sudden going into something or other, a-a-a-a-and you are studying how to
lay sticks of wood across a
path in
order to subdivide the thing and
measure it up to be concreted or the number of grains of potassium
bichromate that you're supposed to pour in if it is a British manufacturer as opposed to
American manufacturer and you say, "What's this?"
a poisonous, yellowish
red crystalline substance used in dyeing and in making photographic developers, etc. You are all of a sudden going into something or other, a-a-a-a-and you are studying how to
lay sticks of wood across a
path in
order to subdivide the thing and
measure it up to be concreted or the number of grains of potassium
bichromate...
- Study Gradients and Nomenclature (6 Aug. 64) n. a bitter, poisonous, yellowish-
red crystalline chemical used mainly in photography, in
fabric dyeing and in matches, explosives and fireworks.
same as
potassium dichromate a poisonous, yellowish-
red crystalline
salt used in dyeing, in photography, as an oxidizing
agent, etc.
same as
potassium dichromate a poisonous, yellowish-
red crystalline
salt used in dyeing, in photography, as an oxidizing
agent, etc. ...the number of grains of potassium
bichromate that you're supposed to pour in if it is a British manufacturer as opposed to
American manufacturer and you say, "What's this?"
- Study Gradients and Nomenclature (6 Aug. 64)