Elements / 25
25Mn54.938
Manganese
Transition metal · d-block · ring N · spoke 7
Manganese is element 25, a transition metal. It sits on ring N (period 4) on spoke 7. Follow that spoke toward the center and out again to find its chemical relatives.
Properties
| Density | 7.21 g/cm³ | Terrain → |
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| Melting point | 1,519 K · 1,246 °C | Terrain → |
| Boiling point | 2,334 K · 2,061 °C | Terrain → |
| Electronegativity | 1.55 | Terrain → |
| First ionization energy | 717 kJ/mol | Terrain → |
| Atomic weight | 54.938 u | Terrain → |
| Crustal abundance | 950 ppm | Terrain → |
| Discovered | 1770 | Terrain → |
Values from open reference data; see sources. "Terrain" opens that property as a 3D landscape across the whole spiral.
Two things you might not know
- Its dark dioxide has served as a pigment since Stone Age cave paintings; Gahn first isolated the metal in 1774.
- After metalworking, its largest use is in batteries. Its name traces to minerals from the Magnesia region of Greece.
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Spoke 7
Ring N (period 4)
Play with Manganese
Watch it fly into its seat, or raise the whole spiral into a landscape and see where it peaks.