The random photoexcitation process ofn‐capture &ggr;‐rays was used for studying the decay properties of the 8888 keV level in50Cr and a level at 7646 keV in53Cr. The &ggr; source was obtained from the Fe(n,&ggr;) reaction. The scattering cross section &sgr;sfrom the 8888‐keV level was measured in the range 297 K–10 K and the Debye temperature of metallic chromium was found to be &THgr;=510±20 K. The result is compared with that obtained by other methods.