Talk:Chromium

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Section sizes

Section size for Chromium (40 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	5,091	5,091
Physical properties	26	11,062
Atomic	1,282	1,282
Bulk	4,286	6,442
Passivation	2,156	2,156
Isotopes	3,312	3,312
Chemistry and compounds	1,252	14,397
Common oxidation states	1,377	9,880
Chromium(0)	159	159
Chromium(II)	1,126	1,126
Chromium(III)	4,172	4,172
Chromium(VI)	3,046	3,046
Other oxidation states	3,265	3,265
Occurrence	5,347	5,347
History	14	8,001
Early applications	7,987	7,987
Production	4,622	4,622
Applications	869	23,889
Metallurgy	8,274	8,274
Pigment	2,893	2,893
Other uses	7,161	7,161
Uses of compounds	4,692	4,692
Biological role	4,999	29,845
Dietary recommendations	5,175	6,852
Labeling	1,677	1,677
Food sources	2,224	2,224
Supplementation	1,570	2,463
Initiation of research on glucose	893	893
Approved and disapproved health claims	3,692	10,670
Diabetes	3,472	3,472
Body weight	1,685	1,685
Sports	1,821	1,821
Fresh-water fish	2,637	2,637
Precautions	2,062	9,230
Chromium(VI) toxicity	4,731	4,731
Environmental issues	2,437	2,437
Notes	41	41
References	30	30
General bibliography	56	56
External links	1,210	1,210
Total	112,821	112,821

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Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
April 29, 2009	Good article nominee	Listed
January 31, 2019	Peer review	Reviewed

Current status: Good article

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Possibly used in Ancient Persia

There are a number of articles based on one study that identifies chromium as having been used in ancient Persia. I don't know how much attention should be paid to that, but maybe it merits a mention? One of the articles is https://phys.org/news/2020-09-chromium-steel-ancient-persia.html Mrfoogles (talk) 02:47, 3 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]