Adjective modifier

• lead: In 1979 the Color Company abandoned the site, leaving many of the buildings heavily contaminated with lead chromate.

Modifies a noun

• ion: The yellow band is due to negative chromate ions, CrO 4 2- - , moving toward the positive electrode.

• inhibitor: For example, chlorinated biocides are less toxic than brominated biocides; and polyphosphate and organophosphate inhibitors are less toxic than chromate corrosion inhibitors.

Noun used with modifier

• zinc: What is the role of zinc chromate as a pigment in a priming paint for steels?

• lead: The XRF signal was saturated by the pigment lead chromate.

• potassium: Boiled with solution of potassium chromate and sulphuric acid, it evolves an odor of benzaldehyde.

• copper: A ' line ' of copper chromate solution is placed in the middle of the paper and the current switched on.