Definitions for chromium

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chromium chro·mi·um

Spelling: [kroh-mee-uh m]

IPA: /ˈkroʊ mi əm/

Chromium is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 147 anagrams from letters in chromium (chimmoru).

Definitions for chromium

noun

1. a lustrous, hard, brittle, metallic element used in alloy steels for hardness and corrosion resistance, as in stainless steel, and for plating other metals: chromium salts are used as pigments and mordants. Symbol: Cr; atomic weight: 51.996; atomic number: 24; specific gravity: 7.1.
2. chrome (def 2).

Origin of chromium

First recorded in 1800-10; chrome + -ium

Examples for chromium

As the last, but submitting oxide of chromium for the protoxide of copper.

Phosphorus and chromium are determined in the following way.

When, therefore, chromium is not detected in the precipitate, the filtrate should also be examined.

It is the common source of nearly all the other compounds of chromium.

Unlike metals like iron, which rusts and corrodes dramatically, chromium remains stable after oxidation and subsequent burial.

When the crucible has cooled a button of chromium will be found in the bottom.

chromium is a very hard metal of about the same density as iron.

Like chromium, the metals are difficult to prepare in pure condition.

Well, if I don't see him, you let him know about the chromium.

RockMelt is built on open-source code—the chromium software created by Google and used for its own Chrome browser.