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  • noun physics A minor stable isotope of chromium, 5424Cr, having 24 protons and 30 neutrons; it amounts to about 2% of the element in nature

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  • The researchers found a hint of an excess of the chromium-54 isotope in their first session, but as luck would have it, they had to search 1,500 microscopic grains of the Orgueil and Murchison meteorites before finding just one with definitely high levels.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • The researchers found a hint of an excess of the chromium-54 isotope in their first session, but as luck would have it, they had to search 1,500 microscopic grains of the Orgueil and Murchison meteorites before finding just one with definitely high levels.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

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