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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 (-5[1])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 (-5[1])red-brown liquid. (-5[1])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 (10[1])of this element (10[1])replacing some aluminum atoms in the crystal lattice of corundum. Yellow and orange oxyanions of this element are powerful oxidizers, as is (10[1])its red trioxide; all of those are examples of this element's carcinogenic (10[1])hexavalent form. For 10 points, (10[1])name this transition metal that provides the corrosion resistance (-5[1])of stainless steel. (10[1])■END■ (10[1]0[2])

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)]
<Gerhardt Hinkle , Science - Chemistry - Inorganic>
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2023 NASAT06/17/2023Y978%0%44%114.86

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