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... sulphuric acid it liberates oxygen. Gaseous ammonia passed over the oxide reduces it to the sesquioxide with formation of nitrogen and water. Dissolved in hydrochloric acid at -20 deg., it yields with solutions of the alkaline chlorides compounds of the type MCl.CrOCl3, pointing to pentavalent chromium. For salts of this acid-forming oxide and for perchromic ... — Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 - "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" • Various |