Facts About Iron and Bismuth
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- Bismuth metal is soluble and reacts with concentrated nitric acid.
- It oxides are used as a yellow pigment in paint. Bismuth chloride oxide BiClO gives a pearly texture to cosmetics.
Sources
Earth's crust, Found in Minerals
Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals
Who Discovered
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Claude François Geoffroy
Discovery
Before 5000 BC
In 1753
Abundance In Earth's Crust