Periodic Table:

Element 26 - Ferrum / Iron

(Latin / English)

Mass Number

Atomic Mass

% Abundance

Nuclear Spin

52 *

51.9481

0

0

54

53.9396

5.82

0

55 *

54.9383

0

3/2-

56

55.9349

91.72

0

57

56.9354

2.10

0

58

57.9333

0.28

0

59 *

58.9349

0

3/2+

60 *

59.9341

0

0

(* = unstable isotope)

Electron Configuration:

[Ar] 3d6 4s2

Relative Atomic Mass:

55.847

State (25°C, 1 atm):

solid, metal

Density:

7874 kg/m3

Melting Temperature:

1808 K

Boiling Temperature:

3023 K

© W. Bauer, 1999