chromium
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Summary
chromium is a chemical element[1]. chromium draws 12,299 Wikipedia views per month (chemical element category, ranking #39 of 144).[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Louis Nicolas Vauquelin[3]
- Instance of: lithophile[4]
- Named after: color field[5]
- Manufacturer: Pfizer[6]
- Made from material: chromite[7]
- Canonical SMILES: [Cr][8]
- Element symbol: Cr[9]
- Chemical formula: Cr[10]
- Subclass of: allergen[11], simple substance[12], heavy metal[13], d-block[14]
- Part of: period 4[15], group 6[16], transition metal[17]
- Commons category: Chromium[18]
- Unicode character: 鉻[19]
- Crystal system: body-centered cubic[20]
- Time of discovery or invention: 1797[21]
- Found in taxon: Foeniculum vulgare[22], Cashew[23], Apium graveolens[24], Baccharis[25], Cistus ladanifer[26], Coreopsis tinctoria[27], Coriandrum sativum[28], Cytisus scoparius[29], Erica arborea[30], Erica umbellata[31], Centaurium erythraea[32], Geranium robertianum[33], Hypericum androsaemum[34], Lamium album[35]
- Topic's main category: Category:Chromium[36]
- Commons gallery: Chromium[37]
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Influence
Things named for chromium include Chromium[38], a web browser[39], founded in 2008[40]; chromite[41], a mineral species[42]; chromio-pargasite[43], a mineral species[44]; chromferide[45], a mineral species[46]; and ferchromide[47], a mineral species[48].
Why It Matters
chromium has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[49] chromium is known by 66 alternative names across languages and contexts.[50]
Entities named for chromium include Chromium[38], a web browser[39], founded in 2008[40]; chromite[41], a mineral species[42]; chromio-pargasite[43], a mineral species[44]; chromferide[45], a mineral species[46]; and ferchromide[47], a mineral species[48].