Name :  Chromium
Symbol :  Cr
Atomic Number :  24
Atomic Weight :  51.9961
Specific Heat :  0.45 J/gK
Melting Point :  1857°C
Vaporization :  344.30 kJ/mol
Boiling Point :  2672°C
Electronegativity :  1.66
Density@293 K :  7.19 g/cm³
Discovered :  Louis Vauquelin, France, 1797
Description :  Very hard, crystalline, steel-gray metal. The pure metal has a blue-white color. It is hard, brittle and corrsion-resistant at normal temperatures.
Uses :  Used to make stainless steel. It gives the color to rubies and emeralds. Iron-nickel-chromium alloys in various percentages yield an incredible variety of the most important metals in modern technology.