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Facts About Iron and Gold


Facts About Gold and Iron


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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.
  
  • 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.
  

Sources
Earth's crust, Found in Minerals   
Earth's crust, Mining, Ores of metals   

History
  
  

Discovery
Before 5000 BC   
Before 6000 BCE   

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
1.1 * 10-1 %   
1
6 * 10-8 %   
26

Abundance In Sun
~0.1 %   
1
~0.0000001 %   
26

Abundance In Meteorites
22.00 %   
1
0.00 %   
99+

Abundance In Earth's Crust
6.30 %   
2
0.00 %   
99+

Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %   
12
0.00 %   
21

Abundance In Humans
0.01 %   
5
0.00 %   
18

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