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Facts About Manganese and Iron


Facts About Iron and Manganese


Facts

Interesting Facts
  • Manganese is an essential trace element in all forms of life.
  • Manganese metal oxidizes very easily, but it does not fuse that easily.
  
  • 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.
  

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

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Johann Gottlieb Gahn   
Unknown   

Discovery
In 1774   
Before 5000 BC   

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
8 * 10-4 %   
8
1.1 * 10-1 %   
1

Abundance In Sun
~0.001 %   
8
~0.1 %   
1

Abundance In Meteorites
0.27 %   
8
22.00 %   
1

Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.11 %   
8
6.30 %   
2

Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %   
13
0.00 %   
12

Abundance In Humans
0.00 %   
13
0.01 %   
5

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