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Chromium(III) oxide

powder, 99.9% trace metals basis

Synonym(s):

Chromia

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
Cr2O3
CAS Number:
1308-38-9
Molecular Weight:
151.99
EC Number:
215-160-9
MDL number:
MFCD00010949
UNSPSC Code:
12352303
PubChem Substance ID:
329751897
NACRES:
NA.55

Quality Level

100

Assay

99.9% trace metals basis

form

powder

SMILES string

O=[Cr]O[Cr]=O

InChI

1S/2Cr.3O

InChI key

QDOXWKRWXJOMAK-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

Chromium(III) oxide is also referred to as chromic oxide. It is commonly employed as a marker in various digestion assays conducted on animals.
Chromium(III) oxide is mainly used as a green pigment in paints, inks and ceramics. On a commercial scale, it is synthesized by the reduction of sodium chromate with sulfur.

Application

Chromium(III) oxide (Cr2O3) has been used as a standard for the determination of chromium content in cattle feces by employing different digestion techniques.1 It has also been employed as a digestibility marker in a study.
Used in a solid-state reaction to form the new ternary oxide, CrVMoO7, which should find application in selective oxidation. Its crystal structure was also determined.
Used in a solid-state reaction to form the new ternary oxide, CrVMoO7, can be used in selective oxidation.

Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

nwg

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

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PRTR

Class I Designated Chemical Substances

FSL

Group 1: Oxidizing solids
Oxidation products of chromium, lead, or iodine
Hazardous rank I
1st oxidizing solid

ISHL Indicated Name

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ISHL Notified Names

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JAN Code

203068-VAR:
203068-5G:4548173930169
203068-25G:4548173930152
203068-BULK:

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Chromium Compounds
Anger G, et al.
Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry (2000)
Wang, X. et al.
Inorganic Chemistry, 37, 3252-3252 (1998)
C Villaverde et al.
Poultry science, 87(3), 497-505 (2008-02-19)
An experiment was designed to assess the effect of dietary unsaturated fat inclusion level on alpha-tocopherol apparent absorption and deposition in broiler chickens at 2 ages (20 and 39 d). The dietary fat was a mixture of linseed and fish
Nien-Hsun Li et al.
Journal of hazardous materials, 198, 356-361 (2011-11-15)
The feasibility of stabilizing nickel-laden sludge by a high-temperature NiCr(2)O(4) synthesis process was investigated with different sintering temperatures, salt contents, molar ratios, and reaction atmospheres. The crystalline phases of species were investigated by using an X-ray diffraction, and the surface
S E Dutton et al.
Journal of physics. Condensed matter : an Institute of Physics journal, 23(24), 246005-246005 (2011-06-01)
α-SrCr(2)O(4) has a triangular planar lattice of d(3) Cr(3+) made from edge sharing CrO(6) octahedra; the plane shows a very small orthorhombic distortion from hexagonal symmetry. With a Weiss temperature of - 596 K and a three-dimensional magnetic ordering temperature
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