How to Use chromium in a Sentence

chromium

noun

• Over time, the lacquer mixed with the soil and the chromium spread to the bronze weapons.
  — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 26 Sep. 2022
• The chromium came from the lacquer, and the preservation came from the dirt.
  — National Geographic, 4 Apr. 2019
• The high blood levels of lead and chromium had researchers stumped.
  — Laura Reiley, Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2019
• The debris from the products caused cobalt and chromium to build up in patients’ blood.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 May 2021
• The chromium is stripped from the water and the clean water is reinjected into the ground.
  — Annette Cary, The Seattle Times, 19 Aug. 2019
• The chromium alters the crystal structure so that all but red light tends to be absorbed.
  — C. Claiborne Ray, New York Times, 22 June 2018
• Not one of those cheap new things made of chromium and spit, an Isotta-Fraschini.
  — Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 27 Dec. 2022
• The trivalent form of chromium for tanning is not toxic and can be found in health-food shops as a dietary supplement.
  — The Economist, 30 Sep. 2017
• An electric current is sent through the tank, causing hexavalent chromium to adhere to the part.
  — Tony Briscoestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2023
• In the end, the Russians retained their prize — control over the chromium operation.
  — Michael Schwirtz, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2019
• This build promotes the use of the blade for fine-detail work such as scaling and skinning, but the D2 high carbon, high chromium tool steel blade is German-tank tough.
  — Jace Bauserman, Field & Stream, 19 July 2023
• Chromium coating also will be added to fuel-rod cladding.
  — Annette Cary, The Seattle Times, 17 July 2017
• Better still, the Ecocuir features cowhide that’s cured without nasty chromium and the toxic wastewater that the standard process creates.
  — Marc Peruzzi, Outside Online, 15 Oct. 2020
• The joint study found that 8.7 percent of all the samples contained traces of chromium, a heavy metal and carcinogen that can cause a rash when absorbed into the skin.
  — Alden Wicker, Harper's BAZAAR, 16 Oct. 2020
• The stylists had their act together with the bodywork, having given up on most of the chromium furbelows tacked here and there on earlier Corvettes.
  — Don Sherman, Car and Driver, 31 Aug. 2020
• The company is the second largest soda ash producer in the world and the world leader in chromium chemicals.
  — Judith Magyar, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2022
• Known better as chromium 6, the substance is 500 times more more carcinogenic than diesel exhaust.
  — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2023
• Our caffeine-free mixture of chromium, seaweed extract + L-theanine does the trick.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 3 Dec. 2022
• The chromium likely came from the lacquer coating the statues, scientists now think, and the weapons were instead preserved by the unique alkaline soil.
  — Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 18 Nov. 2020
• Failed to report the hexavalent chromium release in a timely fashion to the Wixom wastewater treatment plant.
  — Keith Matheny, Detroit Free Press, 10 Aug. 2022
• Known for their high refractive indices and high chromium content, the gems are top contenders for the title of world’s rarest emeralds, simply for the fact that the mines are largely tapped out.
  — Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 7 Feb. 2022
• Ultimately, these metals—mainly nickel, cobalt, iron, and chromium—end up in the food chain.
  — Michael Allen, Smithsonian, 5 May 2017
• In this case, chromium chloride and sodium hydroxide swap ions.
  — Meghan Herbst, Wired, 11 May 2021
• For instance, trivalent chrome uses a different form of chromium and a simpler process.
  — Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 14 June 2024
• Stainless steel is a mixture that includes at least 10 percent chromium to resist rust and corrosion and lend strength.
  — Melissa Mayer, Field & Stream, 30 Jan. 2023
• In real fur, chromium which is bad for both humans and the environment, is used during tanning.
  — Kristin Larson, Fortune, 30 Dec. 2019
• Stainless steel is stainless — not stain-proof — because the metal includes chromium.
  — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 22 Aug. 2022
• Tu said those include chromoly, a strong steel alloy made with chromium and molybdenum, and carbon fiber, a lightweight substance used in the fuselage and wings of planes.
  — Chris Fuchs, NBC News, 3 Oct. 2017
• Phytic acid binds to all those lovely minerals (like zinc, iron, magnesium, calcium, chromium, and manganese) that are contained within the nut, grain, or legume.
  — Grace McCalmon, refinery29.com, 2 Jan. 2024
• The team ran tests for 16 heavy metals: arsenic, barium, calcium, cadmium, cobalt, chromium, copper, iron, manganese, mercury, nickel, lead, selenium, strontium, vanadium and zinc.
  — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 11 July 2024

Last Updated: 8 Dec 2024