{"id":25005,"date":"2026-08-23T11:40:06","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T06:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=25005"},"modified":"2026-08-23T15:39:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T10:09:13","slug":"what-is-chromium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/what-is-chromium\/","title":{"rendered":"Chromium"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Chromium Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Decades of improper industrial waste management have contaminated groundwater with toxic hexavalent chromium across parts of three districts of Uttar Pradesh, exposing villagers to unsafe water and serious health risks.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Chromium<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>naturally occurring element<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> found in rocks, animals, plants, soil, and in volcanic dust and gases.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>There are two forms:<\/b> <b>trivalent chromium<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which is safe for humans, and <\/span><b>hexavalent chromium,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which is a toxin.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Properties<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a very hard gray <\/span><b>solid with a metallic luster.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>does not tarnish in air,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> when heated it borns and forms the green chromic oxide.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chromium is <\/span><b>unstable in oxygen<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, it immediately produces a thin oxide layer that is impermeable to oxygen and protects the metal below.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Applications of Chromium<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is used <\/span><b>in iron, steel, and nonferrous alloys<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to enhance hardenability and resistance to corrosion and oxidation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The use of chromium <\/span><b>to produce stainless steel <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and nonferrous alloys are two of its more important applications.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Other applications are in alloy <\/span><b>steel, plating of metals, pigments, leather processing<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, catalysts, surface treatments, and refractories.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/uttar-pradesh\/news-in-frames-toxic-water-runs-deep\/article71380059.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chromium is a naturally occurring element found in rocks, animals, plants, soil, and in volcanic dust and gases. 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