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Chromium   Listen
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Chromium  n.  (Chem.) A comparatively rare element occurring most abundantly in the mineral chromite. Atomic weight 52.5. Symbol Cr. When isolated it is a hard, brittle, grayish white metal, fusible with difficulty. Its chief commercial importance is for its compounds, as potassium chromate, lead chromate, etc., which are brilliantly colored and are used dyeing and calico printing. Called also chrome.






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"Chromium" Quotes from Famous Books



... Nickel Phosphorus Cobalt Antimony Aluminium Zinc Manganese Mercury Chromium Lead Cerium Silver Titanium Copper Platinum Water Many ores and Alcohol salts of the Tellurium above metals Selenium Oxygen Sulphur Thallium ...
— The Story Of Electricity • John Munro

... or Univalent elements, Hydrogen, etc. 2, Dyads or Bivalent " Oxygen, etc. 3, Triads or Trivalent " Nitrogen, etc. 4, Tetrads or Quadrivalent " Lead, etc. 5, Pentads or Quinquivalent " Phosphorous, etc. 6, Hexads or Sexivalent " Chromium, etc. 7, Heptads or Septivalent " ...
— The Standard Electrical Dictionary - A Popular Dictionary of Words and Terms Used in the Practice - of Electrical Engineering • T. O'Conor Slone



Words linked to "Chromium" :   atomic number 24, metal, chromium-plate, metallic element



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