Element 24 · Solid at room temperature
Chromium
Looks like: silvery metallic.
Chromium is atom number 24 — every Chromium atom has exactly 24 protons in its center, and that number is what makes it Chromium and nothing else. Its symbol is Cr. At room temperature it is a solid.
Chromium is a chemical element with symbol Cr and atomic number 24. It is the first element in Group 6. It is a steely-gray, lustrous, hard and brittle metal which takes a high polish, resists tarnishing, and has a high melting point.
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Chromium sits in period 4, group 6 of the d-block. Its 24 electrons fill shells of 2, 8, 13, 1 — written as [Ar] 3d5 4s1. Its electronegativity is 1.66 on the Pauling scale, and pulling the first electron off takes 652.9 kJ/mol. The outermost shell holds 1 electron — the ones that do all the chemistry.
Full configuration: 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 4s1 3d5
Ionization energies (kJ/mol): 652.9, 1590.6, 2987, 4743, 6702, 8744.9, 15455, 17820 … (24 published)
Electron affinity: 65.21 kJ/mol · Electronegativity (Pauling):
1.66
Density: 7.19
g/cm³ · melts 2180 K · boils 2944 K
Values exactly as published — see where the data comes from.
Atomic mass
51.99616u
Density
7.19g/cm³
Melts
2180 K
Boils
2944 K
The units on this page — explained by Unitii
Chromium's family
Elements in the same column share their outer-electron count, so they behave alike.
Source
Discovered by Louis Nicolas Vauquelin.
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