WANTED: Chromium(Cr)
Description:
Steel- grey metal (Example on pic. to the right)
multiple colors (ruby red, emerald green)
Atomic mass #- 51.996
Atomic #- 24
metal
solid at room temperature
Report of first arrest
- First arrested by chemist Nicolas Louis Vacquelin
- Arrested in France
- Arrested in 1797
- Found being mischievous in a sample of Siberias Red Lead
Places last seen: Transition metal area of the periodic table and mines in Zimbabwe/ Southern Africa
Bohr Model of Chromium
24 Protons; 28 Neutrons; 22 Electrons
Alloy
It is used in baseball bats to harden the metal.
Ruby
It helps give ruby it's red coloring.
Warning: In a high amount, it can be toxic, but in small quantity it is stable.
Known associates and picture of chromum
- Fluorine- Chromic Fluorine/ CrF3 is used in dyes an paintings
- Sulfate- Chromium Sulfate/ Cr2(SO4) used in ceramics and chrome plating
- Dioxide- Chromium Dioxide/ CrO2 used in covering for magnetic tapes
- Chromium Oxide Cr2O3 is a rare mineral eskolaite
- The picture to the right is chromium in steel/chrome plating
Wanted on counts of:
- making metals harder as an alloy
- helping paint and dye change colors (picture of different paint colors on left)
- being used as a catalyst
- not tarnishing in air or water
- plating other materials
- resisting corrosion
- being a trace element
- being malleable, lustrous, and tasteless
Email: police@contactpolice.com
Website: elementpolice.com
Location: Zimbabwe and Southern Africa
Phone: 611
Twitter: @police_contact
Known Aliases
- Chroma
- Chromite
- Chrome
- Cr
- Chrom
Bibliography
Actinium to Fluorine by Brian Knapp ISBN- 0-7172-5676-6
http://www.chemicool.com/elements/chromium.html
http://www.chem4kids.com/files/elements/024_speak.html