Atomic Number 26 (Iron: Color, Uses, State and more...) 2022

You may already know that the chemical element with atomic number 26 is Iron.

But there's a lot of cool stuff about Iron that most people don't know. Check this out:

Iron Overview

Atomic Number

26

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Description

Malleable, ductile, silvery-white metal. Fourth most abundant element in the earth's crust (56,300 ppm). Ninth most abundant element in the universe.

Symbol

Fe (Iron)

Sources

Obtained from iron ores. Pure metal produced in blast furnaces by layering limestone, coke and iron ore and forcing hot gasses into the bottom. This heats the coke red hot and the iron is reduced from its oxides and liquified where it flows to the bottom

Uses

Used in steel and other alloys. Essential for humans. It is the chief constituent of hemoglobin which carries oxygen in blood vessels. Its oxides are used in magnetic tapes and disks.

State at 20 °C

Solid

Name Origin

Anglo-Saxon: iron; symbol from Latin: ferrum (iron).

Discovery

Discovered By: Known to the ancients.

Year: Unknown

Location: Unknown

Atomic Mass

55,847

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