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Manganese is a chemical element with the symbol Mn and atomic number of 25. It is found as the free element in nature (often in combination with iron), and in many minerals. The free element is a metal with important industrial metal alloy uses. Manganese ions are variously colored, and are used industrially as pigments and as
Manganese oxide is used as an oxidising agent; as a rubber additive; and in glass making, fertilisers, and ceramics. Manganese sulfate can be used as a fungicide. Manganese is also an essential human dietary element, important in macronutrient metabolism, bone formation, and free radical defense systems.
Sources of manganese ore generally also contain iron oxides. As manganese has a more negative free energy of oxidation than iron, i.e. is chemically harder to reduce (as shown graphically in the Ellingham diagram), during the reduction of manganese ore, iron is also reduced and mixed with the manganese in the melt.
Manganin is a trademarked name for an alloy of typically 84.2% copper, 12.1% manganese, and 3.7% nickel. It was first developed by Edward Weston in 1892, improving upon his Constantan (1887). Manganin foil and wire is used in the manufacture of resistors , particularly ammeter shunts , because of its virtually zero temperature coefficient of ...
Manganese may also form mixed oxides with other metals : Bixbyite, (Fe III,Mn III) 2 O 3, a manganese(III) iron(III) oxide mineral; Jacobsite, Mn II Fe III 2 O 4, a manganese(II) iron(III) oxide mineral; Columbite, (Fe II,Mn II)Nb 2 O 6, a niobate of iron(II) and manganese(II) Tantalite, (Fe II,Mn II)Ta 2 O 6, a tantalum(V) mineral group close ...
Manganese(II) oxide is an inorganic compound with chemical formula MnO. [2] It forms green crystals. The compound is produced on a large scale as a component of fertilizers and food additives .
Mangalloy, also called manganese steel or Hadfield steel, is an alloy steel containing an average of around 13% manganese. Mangalloy is known for its high impact strength and resistance to abrasion once in its work-hardened state.
Organomanganese chemistry is the chemistry of organometallic compounds containing a carbon to manganese chemical bond.In a 2009 review, Cahiez et al. argued that as manganese is cheap and benign (only iron performs better in these aspects), organomanganese compounds have potential as chemical reagents, although currently they are not widely used as such despite extensive research.