(Gr. chroma, color) Discovered by Vanquelin in 1797. Found as chromite ore in Zimbabwe, USSR, Transvaal, Turkey, Iran, Albania, Finland, Madagascar and the Philipines.
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steel gray, lustrous, transition metal, hard, all compounds are colored, compounds are toxic.
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harden and manufacture steel, alloying, plating to produce hard surface and prevent corrosion, tanning leather, lead chromate is a yellow pigment, textile industry as mordants, aircraft industry for anodizing aluminum, oxidizing agents