Chromium

The Elements

by Nathan Lepora, Tom Jackson

Discusses chromium and where it can be found, how it was discovered, its special characteristics, and its importance to the human body.

32 pages, Library Binding

First published September 30, 2005

Reviews

[J.M. Hushour · Rating 5 out of 5]

Yep, chromium is the latest in a long line of uninteresting silvery metals that I've learned about. Seriously, why not just lump all silvery metals into a slim volume entitled "Silvery Metals and the Universe They Control"? Why aren't more things shiny if these dastardly bastard metals dominate existence? Why do I not gleam with silvery fineness as I descend the frail ladder of my Shinfazian Mind-Glider, replete with the chocolate-shaped soul-ores mined and maligned on the Outer Glimpses of Do'sham-ray? Or a droid, lost in the Wastes of Fijj, whose silver electro-plating is all that stands between certain, unconfessed evisceration and the glories of the Wire Heaven?
Why am I a sloshy, hairy pink, gummy sort of thing? Oh, shit, I found my car keys!