Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.
The term chromic acid is usually used for a mixture made by adding concentrated sulfuric acid to a dichromate which may contain a variety of compounds including solid chromium trioxide. This kind of chromic acid may be used as a cleaning mixture for glass. Chromic acid may also refer to the molecular species H2CrO4 of which the trioxide is the anhydride. Chromic acid features chromium in an oxidation state of +6 (or VI). It is a strong and corrosive oxidising agent.
