Chromium
Cromo (Cr, Z=24)
- Date
- 1797 · confidence high
- Place
- Paris, France
- Credited to
- Louis-Nicolas Vauquelin
- People
- 👤 Louis Nicolas Vauquelin1763–1829
- Field
- Matter & energy
What was discovered
Vauquelin isolated chromium from Siberian crocoite (red lead ore) and observed that its compounds were intensely coloured.
Vauquelin also discovered that the colour of ruby and emerald is due to chromium.
What it led to
- Chromium pigments (chrome yellow, chrome green)
- Stainless steel
- Electrolytic chrome plating
Built on
- Crocoite from Beresov
- Mineral analysis
Made possible
- Stainless steel1912–1913
- Chrome plating