You're listening to Chemistry in its element brought to you by Chemistry World, the magazine of the Royal Society of Chemistry. In the Western world, the colourful history of chromium begins, suitably ...

The colors of rubies and emeralds are so striking that they define shades of red and green – ruby red and emerald green. But ...

Atomic number 28, atomic weight 58.71. Chromium (Cr): Chromium, a metallic element, is found in the earth's crust. It is used in the production of stainless steel to make the steel resistant to ...

Both rubies and emeralds are minerals, which is a type of rock with a consistent chemical composition and a highly ordered ...

One feature of compounds made with transition metals is their intense colour. There are many examples in nature, including ...

The New Mexico Environment Department has a clear and quick path forward to handle a decades-old underground chromium plume ...