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Chromium
Title: Chromium
Category: Science & Technology / Physics
Details: Words: 501 | Pages: 2.1 (approximately 235 words/page)
Chromium
Chromium is a very hard, brittle, gray metal, which is sometimes
referred to as Siberian red lead. It does not rust easily and becomes shiny and
bright when it is polished. The shiny trim on our automobile bumpers and
door handles is usually electroplated chromium.
Most chromium comes from something called chromite which is
a mixture of chromium , iron, and oxygen. Chromite is a common rather
ordinary black mineral that no one really noticed until …showed first 75 words of 501 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 501 total…soft and flexible. It is used in the manufacture of soft gloves
and other luxury goods. Other chromium compounds are used to treat metal
and wood. This treatment helps to preserve objects from corrosion and rot.
Chromium is an element wit the chemical symbol Cr, an atomic
weight of 51.996. Although it is twice as heavy as aluminum, it is lighter tan
all other common metals. It melts at a temperature of 3434 degrees
Fahrenheit (1890 degrees Celsius).
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