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Facts About Zinc and Iron


Facts About Iron and Zinc


Facts

Interesting Facts
  • Zinc metal found (obtain) in many forms like granules, foil, dust and in a powder form.
  • The leading producers of Zinc metal are Australia, Canada, China, U.S.A and Peru.
  
  • 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
Earth's crust, Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals   
Earth's crust, Found in Minerals   

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Indian metallurgists   
Unknown   

Discovery
Before 1000 BCE   
Before 5000 BC   

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
3 * 10-5 %   
11
1.1 * 10-1 %   
1

Abundance In Sun
~0.0002 %   
10
~0.1 %   
1

Abundance In Meteorites
0.02 %   
12
22.00 %   
1

Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.01 %   
16
6.30 %   
2

Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %   
10
0.00 %   
12

Abundance In Humans
0.00 %   
6
0.01 %   
5

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