The electronic configuration for chromium is: (Ar)(3d) 5 (4s) 1, and it has an atomic radius of 0.130 nm. At room temperature Chromium has a bcc (body-centered-cubic) crystal structure with a basis of ...

The two main types are austenitic and ferritic, each of which exhibits a different atomic arrangement ... that the alloy will exhibit the bcc crystal structure at room temperature.

PITTSBURGH--To fully understand how nanomaterials behave, one must also understand the atomic-scale deformation mechanisms that determine their structure ... as a typical BCC crystal.