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Any difference between Dichromate and Trichromate?

Sir/Madam:

I work in Ship Repair Facility here in Japan. Our facility can perform dichromate finishes, and Japanese companies only do trichromate. What is the difference?

Ruben Delarosa
Production Specialist - Yokosuka, Japan
March 7, 2008

Hi, Ruben. When individual words are presented with limited context it can be difficult or impossible to know what they mean. Dichromate is Cr₂O₇^-2 Trichromate would be, what, Cr₃O₁₀^-2? I don't think such an anion exists.

My suspicion is that someone somewhere is telling you that you should be using RoHS compatible trivalent "chromate", not "trichromate". Good luck

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