1 Facts
1.1 Interesting Facts
- It is found in copper ores and from the crust of the earth.
- It is the most malleable and ductile metal.
- Gold alloys are used in Dentistry as fillings, crowning, clips, etc. It is also used as an artificial limb joints.
- Iron is not always magnetic in nature, its allotrope are ferromagnetic and the B allotrope is nonmagnetic.
- The blood consists Iron in hemoglobin molecules to transfer Oxygen in the body.
1.2 Sources
Earth's crust, Mining, Ores of metals
Earth's crust, Found in Minerals
1.3 History
1.3.1 Who Discovered
1.3.2 Discovery
Before 6000 BCE
Before 5000 BC
1.4 Abundance
1.4.1 Abundance In Universe
6 * 10-8 %1.1 * 10-1 %
5E-09
0.11
1.4.2 Abundance In Sun
~0.0000001 %~0.1 %
1E-08
0.1
1.4.3 Abundance In Meteorites
1.4.4 Abundance In Earth's Crust
1.4.5 Abundance In Oceans
1.4.6 Abundance In Humans