Talk:Chromium

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[edit] Information Sources

Some of the text in this entry was rewritten from Los Alamos National Laboratory - Chromium. Additional text was taken directly from USGS Chromium Statistics and Information, USGS Periodic Table - Chromium, from the Elements database 20001107 (via dict.org), Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (via dict.org) and WordNet (r) 1.7 (via dict.org). Data for the table was obtained from the sources listed on the subject page and Wikipedia:WikiProject Elements but was reformatted and converted into SI units.

[edit] Dietary Sources of Chromium

There needs to be a discussion about the dietary uses of chromium and food sources.

Indeed. Some mention might also be made of Erin Brockovich.
Here's a fairly good digest of mineral nutrition. I've reproduced the Cr section below:
It is difficult to estimate the chromium requirement, but a range of 50 micrograms to 200 micrograms per day is tentatively recommended.
Trivalent chromium is required for maintaining normal glucose metabolism. Evidence shows that chromium improves glucose tolerance [Riales, R., & Albrink, M. J., American J. Clin. Nutr., Vol. 34, pg 2670] . Diabetes and coronary heart disease are associated with low chromium concentrations in human tissue.
The chemical forms of chromium in foods are not known with certainty, but the bioavailability of chromium compounds has been found to be high in brewer's yeast, shell fish, whole wheat bread and mushrooms.
An increased incidence of bronchial cancer has been associated with exposure to dusts containing chromate. But the carcinogenicity of certain chromates bears no relevance to the nutritional role of non toxic trivalent chromium.
Other sources I've found list:
  • organ meats
  • brown rice
  • wheat
  • eggs
  • orange juice
  • potatoes
  • Cheese
  • Corn oil


I imagine one could also scrape the sides of stainless steel cookware more often.--Joel 06:06, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Talk

What does "lucious" in Notable characteristics mean?--Warut 11:50, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Lustrous, I presume, referring to its luster - or else it's just lusty stuff :-) Vsmith 12:28, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] glas ware

Is anybody still using this stuff or was it only subsituted here in Europe by sulfuric acid hydrogenperoxide mixtures?--Stone 10:54, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

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