Facts About Iron and Potassium
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.
- In the list of most abundant element Potassium is ranked 7th.
- Potassium can easily be sliced (chopped) down using knife.
Sources
Earth's crust, Found in Minerals
Found in Minerals, Mining
History
Who Discovered
Unknown
Humphry Davy
Discovery
Before 5000 BC
In 1807
Abundance
Abundance In Universe
1.1 * 10-1 %
1
3 * 10-4 %
9
Abundance In Sun
~0.1 %
1
~0.0004 %
9
Abundance In Meteorites
22.00 %
1
0.07 %
9
Abundance In Earth's Crust
6.30 %
2
1.50 %
6
Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %
12
0.04 %
3
Abundance In Humans
0.01 %
5
0.20 %
2
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