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MINERALS INFORMATION || Products || Contacts || Links || Who We Are || Commodity || Manganese Statistics and Information Publications Contacts Manganese (Mn) is essential to iron and steel production by virtue of its sulfur-fixing, deoxidizing, and alloying properties. Steelmaking, including its ironmaking component, accounts for most domestic manganese demand, presently in the range of 85% to ...

The Element Manganese - Basic Physical and Historical Information ...

Discovered : by J.G. Gahn in 1774 Isolated in Stockholm, Sweden Origin : The name is derived from the Latin magnes, magnet. Description : A hard, brittle, silvery metal used to harden steel. It is an essential element for all living things. Certain soils are deficient in it, and so it is added to some fertilisers and given as a food supplement to grazing animals. The average human body contains ...