Chromium in compounds

Warren G, Schultz P, Bancroft D, et al. 1981. Mutagenicity of a series of hexacoordinate chromium(in) compounds. Mutat Res 90 111-118. 

A fascinating feature of chromium chemistry is the many colorful compounds of this element. In fact, this feature is the origin of the name chromium, which derives from the Greek word khroma, meaning color. The common oxidation states of chromium in compounds are +2, +3, and +6. 

Chromium compounds decompose primary and secondary hydroperoxides to the corresponding carbonyl compounds, both homogeneously and heterogeneously (187—191). The mechanism of chromium catalyst interaction with hydroperoxides may involve generation of hexavalent chromium in the form of an alkyl chromate, which decomposes heterolyticaHy to give ketone (192). The oxidation of alcohol intermediates may also proceed through chromate ester intermediates (193). Therefore, chromium catalysis tends to increase the ketone alcohol ratio in the product (194,195). 

The primary routes of entry for animal exposure to chromium compounds are inhalation, ingestion, and, for hexavalent compounds, skin penetration. This last route is more important in industrial exposures. Most hexavalent chromium compounds are readily absorbed, are more soluble than trivalent chromium in the pH range 5 to 7, and react with cell membranes. Although hexavalent compounds are more toxic than those of Cr(III), an overexposure to compounds of either oxidation state may lead to inflammation and irritation of the eyes, skin, and the mucous membranes associated with the respiratory and gastrointestinal tracts. Skin ulcers and perforations of nasal septa have been observed in some industrial workers after prolonged exposure to certain hexavalent chromium compounds (108—110), ie, to chromic acid mist or sodium and potassium dichromate. 

Leather Tanning and Textiles. Although chromium (VT) compounds are the most important commercially, the bulk of the appHcations in the textile and tanning industries depend on the abiUty of Cr(III) to form stable complexes with proteins, ceUulosic materials, dyestuffs, and various synthetic polymers. The chemistry is complex and not well understood in many cases, but a common denominator is the coordinating abiUty of chromium (ITT) (see LEATHER Textiles). 

C) 370/656X brittleness after exposure to temperatures between about 700 to 1. OSO-F. stainless steels. chromium stainless steels, over 13% Cr and any 400 Series martensitic chromium stainless steels low in carbon content (high Cr/C ratio). complex chromium compound, possibly a chromium-phosphorus compound. chromium steels at temperatures above about 700 F (370 C) keep carbon up in martensitic chromium steels and limit Cr to 13% max. 

Chromium (VI) compounds (with the exception of barium chromate and of compounds specified elsewhere in the Approved Supply List)... 

Chromium and inorganic compounds of chromium in air Elame atomic absorption spectrometry 12/2... 

What is the oxidation number of chromium in each of the following compounds CraOf2, CrOfs, Cr(OH)3, Cr02Cl2 ... 

In compounds, the important oxidation numbers of Cr are +2, +3, and +6. In all of these states the chromium ions are colored and, in fact, the element got its name from this property (ichroma is the Greek word for color). The +2 state is not frequently encountered but it can be made quite easily as the beautiful blue chromous ion in solution by dripping a solution containing CrM over metallic zinc. Air has to be excluded since O rapidly converts Cr1-5 back into Cr. ... 

Some data allow the realization of the second possibility to be proposed (8, 140) at least in the case of catalysts formed with the use of 7r-allylic compounds of chromium. In the reaction of Cr(7r-C3H3)2 with the Si02 surface, complexes are formed that may have vacant coordination sites... 

The stability of sexivalent chromium, in the chromate ion and related ions, can also be understood. The chromic complexes, involving tervalent chromium, make use of d2sp3 bond orbitals, the three remaining outer electrons of the chromium atom being in three of the 3d orbitals, with parallel spins. The resonance energy of these three atomic electrons in a quartet state helps to stabilise the chromic compounds. However, if all of the nine outer orbitals of the chromium atom were available for bond formation, stable compounds might also be expected... 

Cadmium and inorganic compounds of cadmium in air (X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy) Chromium and inorganic compounds of chromium in air (atomic absorption spectrometry) Chromium and inorganic compounds of chromium in air (X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy) General methods for samphng and gravimetric analysis of respirable and inhalable dust Carbon disulphide in air... 

Figure 9.20. XPS spectra of a chromium polymerization catalyst along with chromium(vi) reference compounds for comparison of the state of chromium in the catalyst. Impregnated chromate in the freshly prepared catalyst shows the same binding energy as alkali chromates/dichromates or bulk Cr03. Upon calcination the binding energy...

Induced dissolution is also a well known phenomenon and frequently applied in chemical analysis. To dissolve platinum easily it was suggested by Ropp that the sample should be alloyed with silver or copper, the alloys being easily soluble even in dilute acids. Anhydrous chromic chloride, insoluble in water and dilute acids, becomes easily soluble by adding metallic magnesium or zinc to the dilute acid . In this case the chromium(III) compound is reduced to chro-mium(II), which will be oxidized by the solvent to water-soluble chromium(III)... 

The austenitic stainless steels that are not stabilized or that are not of the extra-low-carbon types, when heated in the temperature range of 450 to 843°C (850 to 1,550°F), have chromium-rich compounds (chromium carbides) precipitated in the grain boundaries. This causes grain-boundary impoverishment of chromium and makes the affected metal susceptible to intergranular corrosion in many environments. Hot nitric acid is one environment which causes severe... 

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