Atomic Number 24 (Chromium: Color, Uses, State and more...) 2022

You may already know that the chemical element with atomic number 24 is Chromium.

But there's a lot of cool stuff about Chromium that most people don't know. Check this out:

Chromium Overview

Atomic Number

24

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Description

Very hard, crystalline, steel-gray metal. The pure metal has a blue-white color. It is hard, brittle and corrsion-resistant at normal temperatures.

Symbol

Cr (Chromium)

Sources

Chromite [Fe,Mg(CrO4)] is its most important mineral. Produced commercially by heating its ore in the presence of silicon or aluminium.

Uses

Used to make stainless steel. It gives the color to rubies and emeralds. Iron-nickel-chromium alloys in various percentages yield an incredible variety of the most important metals in modern technology.

State at 20 °C

Solid

Name Origin

Greek: chrôma (color).

Discovery

Discovered By: Louis Vauquelin

Year: 1797

Location: France

Atomic Mass

51,9961

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