Iron

= ﻿ IRON= By: Matt Troyer

__Who is Irons Founder? What is Iron's Symbol?__
The founder of Iron is unknown, there are no findings of one person who found this element. Iron is known to be existant since the ancient times, however.

Iron's symbol is Fe which comes from the latin word "ferrum" which translates to "iron" in english language.

__Where is Iron Found?__
Iron is found in thet land as a solid... most of the iron in the universe has come from the center of exploding stars. As earth formed, most of our iron sunk to the molten core. The rest of the iron we have resides in our crust. And that is what we mine out.

__Statistics__
I bet most of you think that iron has no melting point or boiling point, you are wrong. Iron does have both a melting and boiling point. The melting point of iron is 1530 degrees Celsius, or 2786 degrees Fahrenheit. And the boiling point of iron is 2750 degrees Celsius, or 4982 degrees Fharenheit.

Iron's density is 7.86 g/cm cubed and the abundance of iron on our planet earth is about 5-7%.

Iron has many uses. It's main use is to produce steel for many things such as cars, buildings, ammunition, tanks, light poles, etc. Iron is also used for hemoglobin (which carries oxygen in the blood.)

FUN FACTS:

 * Iron is believed to be the sixth most abundant element in the universe! And fourth most abundant in our earth's crust.
 * Iron is within almost all living organisms.
 * Iron is the most used of all metals, comprising 95% of all the metal tonnage produced worldwide.
 * The source of iron that was used by prehistoric men were meteorites.
 * Human beings were believed to have extracted iron through the process of "smelting" as early as 1800-1200 B.C, and this has believed to have been done in India.