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I don’t know why I’m getting it wrong but isn’t CrS Chromium (II) Sulfide ?

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Chromium (ii) sulfide is CrS. The ii indicates that chromium can take on different valence characteristics, here sharing two electrons with the sulphur atom.

The same elements can also make a different mineral compound, Cr2S3 where Chromium atoms share 3 electrons instead of two.

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