re:Dichromate

William Laven (wmlaven@platinotype.com)
Thu, 02 Apr 1998 21:17:54 -0800 (PST)

>Potassium Dichromate, in or out of solution, is indefinitely stable. It is
>sold by Bureau of Standards in solution as a primary reference titration
>standard. I've used it in the lab and found it's titer never changed. It
>is a strong oxidant. Perhaps it reacted with the bottle cap liner?
>
>Paul Simon
>--------------

Paul,

Is Sodium Dichromate as stable.

Listening to your music would never have led me to think you were a
chemist, too :)

Bill

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