Chemical Symbol: Cr
Atomic Number: 24
Mass Number: 51.9961u
Stable Isotopes: 50Cr, 52Cr, 53Cr, and 54Cr with natural abundances of 4.35%, 83.79%, 9.50%, and 2.36%
Molar Mass: 51.9961u
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Where, and in what form, is it found on Earth?
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found in chromite ore as ore
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many places including South Africa, India, Kazakhstan and Turkey
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first discovered
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Louis-Nicholas Vauquelin
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in 1797
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State
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a lustrous, brittle, hard metal
usually in solid
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use
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to harden steel
to manufacture stainless steel
to produce several alloys