Fe

Iron

Atomic Number 26 · Metal bar/meteorite slice

The most used metal on Earth. Core component of steel, and the element that carries oxygen in our blood via hemoglobin.

Atomic Mass

55.845 u

Category

Transition Metal

Phase (STP)

Solid

Density

7.874 g/cm³

Melting Point

1538 °C

Boiling Point

2861 °C

Electronegativity

1.83 (Pauling)

Atomic Radius

140 pm

Electron Configuration

[Ar] 3d6 4s2

Discovered

Ancient — Known since antiquity

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