Aqueous solutions of a compound of this element, potassium, and sulfate are purple but turn green when heated above 50 degrees Celsius; aqueous solutions of many other compounds of this element instead shift from purple to green over time. A compound made of this element bonded to two oxygens and two chlorines is a bromine-like volatile red-brown liquid. The first known quadruple bond was between two atoms of this element in an acetate of this element. The red color of ruby is caused by ions of this element replacing some aluminum atoms in the crystal lattice of corundum. Yellow and orange oxyanions of this element are powerful oxidizers, as is its red trioxide; all of those are examples of this element's carcinogenic hexavalent form. For 10 points, name this transition metal that provides the corrosion resistance of stainless steel. ■END■
ANSWER: chromium [or Cr; or chrome; or chrome alum; or chromium(III) potassium sulfate; or chromium(III); or chromyl chloride; or chromium(VI) dichloride dioxide; or chromium(II) acetate; or chromium(II) acetate hydrate; or chromous acetate; or chromate; or dichromate; or chromium trioxide; or chromium(VI) oxide; or chromic anhydride; or chromic acid; or hexavalent chromium; or chromium(VI)]
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