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OpenStudy (amtran_bus):

Why does chromium have a +3 charge? Why is Chromium (VI) oxide [CrO3} not chromium 3 oxide?

OpenStudy (phi):

I am not a chemist

OpenStudy (amtran_bus):

:'(

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Chromium has a +3 charge because it is a Cation( It has lost 3 electrons). Atoms become positively charged (cations) when they lost electrons.

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