Potassium Bichromate/Dichromate

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Potassium bichromate is indeed synonymous with potassium dichromate, which is chemically represented as K2Cr2O7. The terminology has evolved over time, with "dichromate" being the modern term more commonly used in scientific literature. Online searches often yield results for dichromate due to its prevalent usage, which may lead to confusion when looking for historical references to bichromate.
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Are potassium bichromate and dichromate the same chemical?
Hello All

I have a reference in a 1930s journal to potassium bichromate. Is this the same as potassium dichromate K2Cr2O7 ? ie dichromate is the modern terminaology to use.

Searching on the www almost always finds the dichromate when I search for the bichromate, but maybe this is just the search engine finding a best match?

best regards ... Stef
 
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As far as I am aware bichromate and dichromate are synonyms.
 

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