Chrome (?), n. Same as Chromium.
Chrome alum (Chem.), a dark violet substance, (SO4)3Cr2. K2SO4.24H2O, analogous to, and crystallizing like, common alum. It is regarded as a double sulphate of chromium and potassium. -- Chrome green (a) The green oxide of chromium, Cr2O3, used in enamel painting, and glass staining. (b) A pigment made by mixing chrome yellow with Prussian blue. -- Chrome red, a beautiful red pigment originally prepared from the basic chromate of lead, but now made from red oxide of lead. -- Chrome yellow, a brilliant yellow pigment, PbCrO4, used by painters.
Chro"mic (?), a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, chromium; -- said of the compounds of chromium in which it has its higher valence.
Chromic acid, an acid, H2CrO4, analogous to sulphuric acid, not readily obtained in the free state, but forming well known salts, many of which are colored pigments, as chrome yellow, chrome red, etc. -- Chromic anhydride, a brilliant red crystalline substance, CrO3, regarded as the anhydride of chromic acid. It is one of the most powerful oxidizers known.
Chro"mid (?), n. [Gr. &?; a kind of fish.] (Zo÷l.) One of the ChromidŠ, a family of fresh-water fishes abundant in the tropical parts of America and Africa. Some are valuable food fishes, as the bulti of the Nile.
||Chro`mi*dro"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; color + &?; sweat.] (Med.) Secretion of abnormally colored perspiration.
Chro"mism (?), n. Same as Chromatism.
Chro"mite (?), n. 1. (Min.) A black submetallic mineral consisting of oxide of chromium and iron; -- called also chromic iron.