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[*] posted on 25-10-2006 at 00:29
Color of ammonium chromate


I now have the following chems:

potassium dichromate
potassium chromate
ammonium dichromate
ammonium chromate

The potassium dichromate and ammonium dichromate both have the same color. They are very bright orange.

The potassium chromate I have is really bright yellow.

I expected the ammonium chromate to have the same color as the potassium chromate, but it is more brown/golden yellow with darker specks in it.

The texts fairly well reflect the colors of the chems. Is that color, I describe, really the color of ammonium chromate? The stuff I have is labeled as "LR grade" chemical. It seems to be pure, when I dissolve it. Solutions are nicely clear and orange yellow. On addition of some NaOH, the solution becomes really bright yellow.

I'm just wondering, I expected the color of ammonium chromate to be the same as the color of potassium chromate. For the dichromates, the colors indeed are the same.




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