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                                                       Iron Facts

The name iron comes from the Anglo-Saxon word ‘iron’ and Scandinavian word ‘iran’ for metal. The Latin word for iron is ferrum that makes its symbol ‘Fe’. It is the 6^th most common element in the universe and 4^th most common element in the earth’s crust. Iron is a transition metal that belongs to the 8^th column of the periodic tablePeriodic Table. Atomic number of iron is 26. Iron is most commonly used in manufacture of steel.

Quick Facts: –

• All living creatures require iron. Plants use iron in chlorophyll and humans use iron in haemoglobin.
• Iron can be found in both the inner and outer core of the earth.
• There are many different oxidation states of iron.
• This metal is essential in helping sustain life on earth.
• Gas giants like Saturn and Jupiter have cores rich in iron.
• Iron is not always a magnet.
• This metal has a melting point 1535.0°C and a boiling point of 2862°C.
• Pure elemental iron is soft and has a shiny silver-grey colour. It hardens after the smelting process.
• There are four known allotropes and four known isotopes of iron.
• 20 milligrams of iron per kilogram of your body weight is toxic and 60 milligrams is deadly.
• Fusion in stars that have sufficient mass causes the formation of iron.
• Ferrite is the most stable form of this metal under normal conditions.
• Wrought iron is pure iron and it is found in workable form.
• There is a sea snail that use iron sulphide as a skeletal material.