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Chromium: An A-Z Guide To The Elements

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Chromium (Cr) is a metallic element present in soils, waters, rocks, fauna and flora, and volcanic and dust gases. Although chromium is the 22nd most abundant element in the Earth’s crust with an average concentration of 100 ppm, the free metal is never found in nature. (Emsley, John (2001). "Chromium". Nature's Building Blocks: An A-Z Guide to the Elements. Oxford, England, UK: Oxford University Press. pp. 495–498.ISBN 0-19-850340-7.) (Encyclopædia Britannica Online, s. v. "chromium (Cr)", accessed July 15, 2015,http://www.britannica.com/science/chromium.) The commercial source of chromium is chromite, a mineral oxide of chromium and iron (FeCr2O4). The principal producing areas of chromite are South Africa, Russia, Albania, the Philippines, Zimbabwe, Turkey, Brazil, India, and Finland. (Encyclopædia Britannica Online, s. v. "chromite", accessed July 15, 2015,http://www.britannica.com/science/chromite.)

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