PROPERTIES OF IRON

•Chemical symbol “Fe”

•Transition element, rarely found in pure form

•Easily found in surface of earth in form of iron oxide

•Melting point: 1,538 °C

•Boiling point: 2,862 °C

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IRON IN HUMAN BODY

•On average

• Male= 4 grams

• Female= 3.5 grams

• Child=3 or less

• Humans use 20 mg of iron each day for the production of new red blood cells,

much of which is recycled from old red blood cells.

28549.87 tons iron in human bodies of world

WHAT PEOPLE THINK ABOUT IRON

• iron is everywhere

•Durable

• high resistance power

•Easily moldable

•Availability in many

forms

•Killing the life; knifes, weapons

•Not environmental friendly; rust

• Iron is rapidly replacing with high

quality plastic in light daily tools;

water pipes.