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 * FE - IRON **

ATOMIC NUMBER: 26 ATOMIC WEIGHT: 55845 MELTING POINT: 1535c BOILING POINT: 2750c

Iron is the second most used substance on earth. The exact person who discovered iron is unknown because its first uses predate any reliable historical records.

IRON COMPOUNDS Oxides, sulfides, hydrides, complexes, flurides, chlorides, bromides, iodides, selenides, tellurides, nitrides and carbonyls. USES: Iron is important to plants and animals.In humans it appears in the hemoglobin molecule. Iron metal is usually combined with other metals and carbon for comercial use. Pig iron is an alloy containing around 3 percent carbon, with varying amounts of Si,S,P, and Mn.

HEMOGLOBIN MOLECULE: (Also spelled haemoglobin and abbreviated Hb or Hgb)The iron containing oxegyn-transport metalloprotein in the red blood cells of vertebrates, and the tissue of some invertebrates.

I GOT ALL OF THIS INFORMATION FROM wikianswers, http://www.webelements.com/iron/compounds.html and wikipedia