The summer wind, came blowin in-from across the sea. It lingered there, so warm and fair-to walk with me. All summer long, we sang a song-and strolled on golden sand. Two sweethearts, and the summer wind. Like painted kites, those days and nights-went flyin by. The world was new, beneath a blue-umbrella sky.
Iron is the first element in the eighth column of the periodic table. It is classified as a transition metal. Iron atoms have 26 electrons and 26 protons with 30 neutrons occuring in the most abundant isotope. It is the sixth most abundant element in the universe. Characteristics and Properties.
Even the +3 oxidation state, which is important at the position of chromium in the periodic table, loses ground to the +2 state at the position of iron. Compounds of iron in the +2 state are designated ferrous and contain the pale green Fe2+ ion or complex ions.