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Chromium - How This Toxic Substance Enters Your Air

Courtesy of the ATSDR

Chromium is released to air primarily by combustion processes and metallurgical industries.

Chromium is used in these three industries: metallurgical, chemical, and refractory (heat-resistant applications.)

These industries are the second largest source of ambient chromium. In the metallurgical industry, chromium is an important component of stainless steels and various metal alloys. Metal joint prostheses made of chromium alloys are widely used in clinical orthopedics.

In the chemical industry, chromium is used primarily in paint pigments (chromium compounds can be red, yellow, orange, and green), chrome plating, leather tanning, and wood treatment. Smaller amounts are used in drilling muds, water treatment, catalysts, safety matches, copy machine toner, corrosion inhibitors, photographic chemicals, and magnetic tapes.

Refractory uses of chromium include magnesite-chrome firebrick for metallurgical furnace linings and granular chromite for various other heat-resistant applications.

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see also:

Water Learn more about lethal amounts of chromium in drinking water
Chromium levels in your water could be deadly

Soil Find out about Chromium Contaminants in the Soil
Learn more about dangerous amounts of chromium in your soil

Environment Chromium: A threat to the environment
An environment at risk from chromium exposure
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