Chromic

[Sarah]

Pertaining to, or obtained from, chromium; -- said of thecompounds of chromium in which it has its higher valence. Chromicacid, an acid, H2CrO4, analogous to sulphuric acid, not readilyobtained in the free state, but forming well known salts, many ofwhich are colored pigments, as chrome yellow, chrome red, etc.-- Chromic anhydride, a brilliant red crystalline substance, CrO3,regarded as the anhydride of chromic acid. It is one of the mostpowerful oxidizers known.