Chromium (IV) oxide
(chromium dioxide, CrO2) a black solid which is prepared by heating chromium (III) hydroxide in oxygen at a temperature of 300°-350°C. Chromium (IV) oxide has been very unstable.
Chromium hydroxide
it seems unlikely that a true chromium (III) hydroxide exists but hydroxy complexes, e.g. [Cr(H2O)5OH]2+, [(H2O)4 Cr(m-OH)2 Cr(H2O)4]4+, are formed by addition of base to aquacomplexes and polymeric species and ultimately gels are formed by addition of further base.
Close packing
the arrangement of particles in crystals (solids) in which each particle has 12 nearest neighbours in such a way that 6 are in the same layer (or plane) as itself and three each in the layer above and below, e.g., cubic and hexagonal close packings.


