Chromium physical properties

Rocha, E. R. P. Nobrega, J. A. Effects of Solution Physical Properties on Copper and Chromium Signals in Plame Atomic Absorption Spectrometry, /. Chem. Educ. 1996, 73, 982-984. 

Physical Properties. Molybdenum has many unique properties, leading to its importance as a refractory metal (see Refractories). Molybdenum, atomic no. 42, is in Group 6 (VIB) of the Periodic Table between chromium and tungsten vertically and niobium and technetium horizontally. It has a silvery gray appearance. The most stable valence states are +6, +4, and 0 lower, less stable valence states are +5, +3, and +2. 

Physical and Mechanical Properties. The physical properties of chromium are Hsted in Table 2 (8,11—14). 

Chromium compounds number in the thousands and display a wide variety of colors and forms. Examples of these compounds and the corresponding physical properties are given in Table 1. More detailed and complete information on solubiUties, including some solution freezing and boiling points, can be found in References 7—10, and 13. Data on the thermodynamic values for chromium compounds are found in References 7, 8, 10, and 13. 

Ghromium(III) Compounds. Chromium (ITT) is the most stable and most important oxidation state of the element. The E° values (Table 2) show that both the oxidation of Cr(II) to Cr(III) and the reduction of Cr(VI) to Cr(III) are favored in acidic aqueous solutions. The preparation of trivalent chromium compounds from either state presents few difficulties and does not require special conditions. In basic solutions, the oxidation of Cr(II) to Cr(III) is still favored. However, the oxidation of Cr(III) to Cr(VI) by oxidants such as peroxides and hypohaUtes occurs with ease. The preparation of Cr(III) from Cr(VI) ia basic solutions requires the use of powerful reducing agents such as hydra2ine, hydrosulfite, and borohydrides, but Fe(II), thiosulfate, and sugars can be employed in acid solution. Cr(III) compounds having identical counterions but very different chemical and physical properties can be produced by controlling the conditions of synthesis. 

Steel is essentially iron with a small amount of carbon. Additional elements are present in small quantities. Contaminants such as sulfur and phosphorus are tolerated at varying levels, depending on the use to which the steel is to be put. Since they are present in the raw material from which the steel is made it is not economic to remove them. Alloying elements such as manganese, silicon, nickel, chromium, molybdenum and vanadium are present at specified levels to improve physical properties such as toughness or corrosion resistance. 

The basic corrosion behaviour of stainless steels is dependent upon the type and quantity of alloying. Chromium is the universally present element but nickel, molybdenum, copper, nitrogen, vanadium, tungsten, titanium and niobium are also used for a variety of reasons. However, all elements can affect metallurgy, and thus mechanical and physical properties, so sometimes desirable corrosion resisting aspects may involve acceptance of less than ideal mechanical properties and vice versa. 

From Fig. 3.11, it can be seen that by increasing the chromium content while maintaining a limited amount of nickel-equivalent elements, first mixed martensite-ferrite structures are produced and then fully ferritic. This is 6-ferrite, that is a body-centred cubic structure stable at all temperatures. Relative to martensite it is soft, but it is also usually brittle. For this latter reason, usage has in the main been in small section form. This and some other disadvantages are offset for some purposes by attractive corrosion resistance or physical properties. 

Akhtar has studied the morphology and physical properties of NR and high-density polyethylene blends prepared in Brabender plasticorder at 150°C at a rotor speed of 60 rpm [53]. Films were molded between two chromium plates at a pressure of 0.34 MPa. The films along with mold were... 

Influence of soil geochemical and physical properties on the sorption and bioaccessibility of chromium(III). J Environ Qual 2003 32 129-137. 

Bis(azide)—rubber resists, 15 157 Bis-(P-hydroxyethyl) terephthalate, 10 487 Bis(biphenyl) chromium(I) iodide, physical properties, 6 528t Bis(carbamoyl) peroxides, 18 477 Biscarbonato uraniumfVI) complexes, 25 431... 

Chromium(III) acetate, 6 533 Chromium(II) acetate dihydrate, physical properties, 6 528t... 

Chromium(III) acetylacetonate, physical properties, 6 528t Chromium alloys, 6 468-523 Chromium alumina pink corundum, formula and DCMA number, 7 347t Chromium antimony titanium buff rutile, formula and DCMA number, 7 347t Chromium-based catalysts, 20 173 Chromium baths, 9 800-804... 

Chromium(II) chloride, 6 528t, 531, 564t Chromium(III) chloride, 6 532 physical properties, 6 528t Chromium(IV) chloride, 6 535 Chromium(III) chloride hexahydrate, physical properties, 6 528t Chromium chromate coatings, 76 219—220 Chromium complexes, 9 399 Chromium compounds, 6 526-571 analytical methods, 6 547-548 economic aspects, 6 543-546 environmental concerns, 6 550—551 health and safety factors, 6 548-550 hydrolysis, equilibrium, and complex formation constants, 6 530t manufacture, 6 538-543... 

Dibenzene chromium(O), physical properties, 6 528t Dibenzo-crown-6, 5 710 molecular formula, 5 713t Dibenzo[18]crown-6, 7 576 24 40, 41 Dibenzo[30]crown-10, 24 43 Dibenzocrown ethers, 24 50 Dibenzofurans, 27 152 Dibenzopyrenquinone dyes, 9 336 Dibenzothiophenes, 27 152 Dibenzoyl peroxide (BPO), 74 283-284 78 427... 

Potassium chromate, manufacture, 6 542 Potassium chromate(VI), physical properties, 6 528t Potassium chromium(III) sulfate... 

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