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- A comparatively rare element occurring most abundantly in
the mineral chromite. Atomic weight 52.5. Symbol Cr. When isolated it
is a hard, brittle, grayish white metal, fusible with difficulty. Its
chief commercial importance is for its compounds, as potassium
chromate, lead chromate, etc., which are brilliantly colored and are
used dyeing and calico printing. Called also chrome.
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