Manganese

= = = Element Name: Manganese = By: Kamran  **Atomic Number: 25 **

**Protons: 25 **

**Electrons: 25 **

**Neutrons: 30 **

**Average Atomic Mass: 54.9380 amu **

**Isotopes: mn52 mn52n mn53 mn54 mn55 mn56 mn57 **


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Discovery: In the mid 1700's, chemists thought thee was a new element contained in pyrolusite. In 1774 Gahn had heated the pyrolusite which created pure carbon. He then took away the oxygen from it and manganese was formed. **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">

**<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Name: From the Latin word mangnes (magnet) **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">

**<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Uses: Manganese is used in batteries, steel, and even ceramics **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">

**<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Interesting Facts **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">: Manganese was actually found in three different types of elements and chemists had to do so much just to find the pure substance of manganese.

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**<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Sources **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;"> <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">• <span style="font-family: Helvetica,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xqsPZ7WsHw • http://z.about.com/d/chemistry/1/0/D/Q/manganese.jpg