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Inorganic Contaminants of Surface Water

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Chromium occurs in the earth’s crust at an average concentration of 100 mg/kg, principally as minerals in the chromite spinel group. These minerals have the generalized formula (Mg,Fe)O(Cr,Al,Fe)2O3. Depending on the degree of substitution in the Al, Fe, Cr series, the chromites contain from 13% to 65% Cr2O3. Numerous chromium compounds are manufactured from these minerals, most of which contain chromium in the stable 3 + or 6 + state.

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Moore, J.W. (1991). Chromium. In: Inorganic Contaminants of Surface Water. Springer Series on Environmental Management. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3004-5_9

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