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Facts About Iron and Copper


Facts About Copper and Iron


Facts

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.
  
  • Copper rarely found in its pure form in nature.
  • Copper Sulfate is mostly used in agricultural poison and as an algicide in water purification system.
  

Sources
Earth's crust, Found in Minerals   
Found in Minerals   

History
  
  

Discovery
Before 5000 BC   
In Middle East (9000 BCE)   

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
1.1 * 10-1 %   
1
6 * 10-6 %   
12

Abundance In Sun
~0.1 %   
1
~0.00007 %   
12

Abundance In Meteorites
22.00 %   
1
0.01 %   
13

Abundance In Earth's Crust
6.30 %   
2
0.01 %   
17

Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %   
12
0.00 %   
8

Abundance In Humans
0.01 %   
5
0.00 %   
9

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