Iron

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Iron

• By
• Mackenzie Burke
• And
• Samantha Stanley

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26FeIron56

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Structure

• The chemical symbol is fe
• The atomic number 26
• Atomic mass 56
• 26 protons
• 26 electrons
• 30 neutrons

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Bohr Model
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Characteristic properties

• Boiling point 2,075C
• Melting point 1535C
• 7.874g/cc is the density

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Interesting facts

• Found in fencing sky scrapers , bridges,
  computers, cars, and buildings, machines,
• Its a very strong metal
• Not expensive
• Rusts easily in damp air, damp soil, and water
• 3000 years old one of the first known metals
• Silvery gray color
• Women need more iron then men
• Can be bent when in the solid form
• Melts at 1535C
• Its in our cereal
• We eat it every day
• Reactive with air and water
• Helps create civilizations
• It boils at 2,750
• Pure iron is soft
• It is found in the earths crust
• Earths core is 90 iron
• We need iron to survive
• Most studied element

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Work Cited

• chemistry.about.com/.../Manganese.htm
• pds.jpl.nasa.gov/.../captions/smallbod/iron.htm
• www.webelements.com/iron/
• sparow, gills. The Element Iron. benchmark books,
  1999
• kanapp, brian. iron chromium and manganses. new
  york atlantic eurpe publsging compiny , 1996.