Safety
Chromium trioxide is highly toxic, corrosive, and carcinogenic. It is the main example of hexavalent chromium, an environmental hazard. The related chromium(III) derivatives are not particularly dangerous; thus, reductants are used to destroy chromium(VI) samples.
Chromium trioxide, being a powerful oxidizer, will ignite some organic materials (such as ethanol) on contact.
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