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Sodium chromate

7775-11-3CrO4.2Na161.972 g/mol
Salt and Compound WithChEBI source record

An inorganic sodium salt consisting of sodium and chromate ions in a 2:1 ratio. — ChEBI

Safety references

Safety documents & references

1 indexed references
JP · NITE

Government GHS classification

R04-C-024-JNIOSH, MOE · FY2022

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Identity & molecular properties

Source-linked values
CAS number7775-11-3ChEBI ↗
Molecular formulaCrO4.2NaChEBI ↗
Molar mass161.972 g/molChEBI ↗
Monoisotopic mass161.8997 DaChEBI ↗
Formal charge0ChEBI ↗
ChEBI identifierCHEBI:78671ChEBI ↗

Cross-source molecular data

PubChem
Molar mass161.973 g/molPubChem ↗
Exact mass161.899702 DaPubChem ↗

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Names & structural identifiers

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sodium chromate
disodium dioxido(dioxo)chromium
PXLIDIMHPNPGMH-UHFFFAOYSA-N
[Na+].[Na+].[O]=[Cr](=[O])([O-])[O-]
InChI=1S/Cr.2Na.4O/q;2*+1;;;2*-1

Names & synonyms

disodium dioxido(dioxo)chromium

Names are supplied by ChEBI. Trade names and related synonyms may describe a broader product context.

Classification & relationships

ChEBI ontology

Roles recorded in ChEBI

diagnostic agentcarcinogenic agentoxidising agentpoison

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Safety classification · Japan

NITE / Japanese government
Japan · FY2022 source classification
Sodium chromate · R04-C-024-JNIOSH, MOE
EndpointReported classification
Germ cell mutagenicityCategory 1B
Hazardous to the aquatic environment (Acute)Category 1
Hazardous to the aquatic environment (Long-term)Category 1

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Mass ↔ amount of substance

Calculated from sourced mass
Equivalent amount
0.00617391 mol

Uses 161.972 g/mol from ChEBI. Assumes the substance described by this record; no purity or concentration correction is applied.

Elemental composition

Theoretical mass fractions
O
Oxygen · 42 atoms
89.96%
Cr
Chromium · 1 atom
6.96%
Na
Sodium · 1 atom
3.08%

Calculated theoretical mass fractions from the reported formula and PubChem periodic-table atomic masses. These are not assay or purity results.

Research & patent references

Selected source associations
Research on the utilisation of waste chromic materials in the sodium chromate production process. ↗Waste management & research : the journal of the International Solid Wastes and Public Cleansing Association, ISWA · 2002 Feb · PMID 12020100

Sources & record history

Checked 27 Sep 2026
EMBL-EBI ChEBI · CHEBI:78671

Release 255, 9 September 2026. ChEBI three-star (manually annotated) source entry. View original record ↗ · CC BY 4.0

NCBI PubChem · CID 24488 · retrieved 2026-09-27

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