Iron is a naturally accruing transitional metal, which can be found below the Earths surface. The discovery of Iron by mankind is debatable. While some sources say that Iron was discovered in 300 B.C., others resources indicate that it was found in the 14 century. Iron was named after the Latin word “ferrum” which means holy metal. Iron is known as the holy metal because it is used in everything. It is used in cars, buildings, tools, cooking utensils, medicine and much more. In the medieval time Iron was used for all their weapons and armor, was used for horse shoes and horse armor. It was also used in tools and cooking utensils. Back then only kings and queens had Iron, because of how expensive it was in their time. Now in present day Iron is still in use in our everyday lives. Although we have used a ton of Iron their is still a lot left in Earth. To preserve the metal we combine Iron with other medals to make it stronger and use less of it. What makes Iron so useful is because it is a transitional metal which means that it can be a liquid, or a solid which makes it able to combine with other metals. To combine Iron you have to heat it to 2,800°F, combine the metals while in liquid form, then let it solidify again. In this process you can create steel, which is the big metal beams in skyscrapers. Steel is super strong and is more durable than iron, but Iron is used to create steel. Iron has been used for thousands of years, even though Iron is old it is still used today in many of our present day items.

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