Okay, so I need to write a creative story on iron and in this story I need to put a bunch of facts about iron. It's due Monday (1/12) so I kind of need help soon. What I need your help with is certain information that I can't seem to find. 1. "Reaction with other elements" This is the only information we're given, and we need to include this in our story. Does anyone know what this means? 2. "Where did it get its name?" I've found that it comes from the latin word "ferrum" and the anglo-saxon word "iren." Does anyone know if it has some word origins with an actual meaning? 3. Ionization Energy Ionization Energies: 762.5, 1561.9, 2957, 5290, 7240, 9560, 12060, 14580, 22540, 25290, 2.8×104, 31920, 34830, 37840, 4.41×104, 47206, 1.222×105, 1.31×105, 1.405×105, 1.526×105, 1.63×105 kJ/mol That's what I found from periodictable.com Would I put EVERY one of those, or should I find just one? Finally, the Lewis Dot Structure of Iron would be Fe: (2 dots) right? Thanks so much in advance.
1. This is probably talking about the chemical elements of the periodic table. Which is pretty detailed. You could write a history of sorts on a piece of iron. Eg: being forged with another alloy into some weapon, then being cast aside. Where it begins to react with water and air, and oxidizes. Or you could describe how a piece of iron was uptaken by a plant, and eaten by a human, and describe the role of iron in the human body, perhaps mentioning how iron is important for heme.s 2. The latin word ferrum is only for its chemical symbol, Fe. To my knowledge they both mean iron. Just in different languages. 3. If you can find a situation where you can remove that many moles of electrons, go ahead. But I would only put a few in. If it is part of the criteria. And I don't know about Lewis Dot structures, but this might shed some light on it
1. you could perhaps write about it rusting: -rust= iron oxide -water and oxygen must be present that sort of thing maybe :/
Nah, I already got the storyline and stuff, just needed a bit of help with the information. I'm all set now though, thanks everyone.