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sodium chromate
Sign in to saveAlso known as H2CrO4, chromium disodium oxide, chromic acid, disodium salt, disodium chromate, chromiumsodium oxide, sodium chromate(VI)
chemical compound
Chemical data
- Formula
- CrNa2O4
- Molecular weight
- 161.973 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- disodium;dioxido(dioxo)chromium
- SMILES
- [O-][Cr](=O)(=O)[O-].[Na+].[Na+]
- InChIKey
- PXLIDIMHPNPGMH-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- Polar surface area
- 80.3 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 4
- Formal charge
- 0
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Encyclopedic overview
Sodium chromate is the inorganic compound with the formula Na2CrO4. It is a yellow hygroscopic solid, which can form tetra-, hexa-, and decahydrates. It is an intermediate in the extraction of chromium from its ores.
Production and reactivity
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “sodium chromate” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.