-- card: 20598 from stack: in -- bmap block id: 0 -- flags: 0000 -- background id: 14320 -- name: Mn -- part contents for background part 14 ----- text ----- Mn -- part contents for background part 22 ----- text ----- Manganese -- part contents for background part 15 ----- text ----- 25 -- part contents for background part 17 ----- text ----- 54.9380 -- part contents for background part 18 ----- text ----- 7.30 -- part contents for background part 19 ----- text ----- 1244 -- part contents for background part 20 ----- text ----- 1962 -- part contents for background part 21 ----- text ----- +2,+3,+4,+6,+7 -- part contents for background part 16 ----- text ----- (L. magnes, magnet; It. manganese, form of magnesia) Isolated by Gahn in 1774. Manganese has been found on the floor of oceans; most Manganese is obtained from ores in USSR, Brazil, Australia, Republic of South Africa, Gabon and India. -- part contents for background part 23 ----- text ----- gray-white, brittle, hard, transition metal, reactive, slowly decomposes in water -- part contents for background part 24 ----- text ----- alloying, added to steel to improve strenth, resistance and stiffness, depolarizer in dry cells, decolorize glass colored green by impurities, colors glass amethyst color as well as the true amethyst, important in the utilization of vitamin B1 -- part contents for background part 29 ----- text ----- 0.117 -- part contents for background part 26 ----- text ----- Electron Configuration: 1s 2s 2p 3s 3p 3d 4s 4p 4d 4f 5s 5p 5d 5f 6s 6p 6d 6f 7s 2 2 6 2 6 5 2