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chromium

a hard brittle multivalent metallic element; resistant to corrosion and tarnishing

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Six example sentences with chromium, each labelled with its topic.

  • The diner's stools are plated in chromium, still mirror-bright in 1950s photographs and still mirror-bright today.

    Architecture

  • Stainless pans owe their shine to chromium, which forms an invisible skin the moment the surface is scratched.

    Cooking

  • Tanneries once dumped chromium into the river, and the sediment still tests high a half century later.

    Environment

  • Pure chromium takes a mirror polish and keeps it, which is why it plates faucets and car bumpers.

    Science

  • Chromium was named in 1797 for the vivid colors of its compounds, from the Greek word for color.

    History

  • The bright yellow in many nineteenth-century paintings comes from a lead-based chromium compound that has darkened badly over time.

    Art

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