2022: ☢️ Chemical Symbol Cr (+ Cool facts: Color, Uses and more...)

Every chemical element has its own symbol to represent them. But what is the Cr element?

The answer is Chromium, whose symbol is Cr, and there's a lot of cool facts about it that most people don't know. Let me walk you through...

Chromium Overview

Chemical Symbol

Cr (Chromium)

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

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.

Name Origin

Greek: chrôma (color).

Sources

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

Atomic Number

24

Learn more about the atomic number.

Atomic Mass

51,9961

Discovery

Discovered By: Louis Vauquelin

Year: 1797

Location: France

Learn more about the atomic mass.

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