chromic acid

1. 1.

   an unstable acid known only in solution and as chromate salts

   Broaderacid

Questions about chromic acid

What does chromic acid mean?

chromic acid means "an unstable acid known only in solution and as chromate salts".

Is chromic acid a common word?

chromic acid is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.