The element that puts the shine in chrome and the "stainless" in stainless steel.
- Atomic number
- 24
- Atomic mass
- 51.996 u
- Phase
- Solid
- Electron configuration
- [Ar] 3d⁵ 4s¹
- Melting point
- 2,180 K · 1,906.9 °C
- Boiling point
- 2,944 K · 2,670.9 °C
- Density
- 7.15 g/cm³
- Electronegativity
- 1.66
- Period / Group
- 4 / 6
- Discovery year
- 1797