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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
  
  

Who Discovered
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Discovery
Before 5000 BC  
In Middle East (9000 BCE)  

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
0.11 %  
1
0.00 %  
13

Abundance In Sun
0.10 %  
1
0.00 %  
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 %  
6
0.00 %  
10

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