I would like to know how Iron forms or was formed? What are the conditions necessary?etc?

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I would like to know how Iron forms or was formed? What are the conditions necessary?etc?

2006-10-18 23:39:28 · 2 answers · asked by Sabure Kennedy 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry

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Iron is a naturally occurring element so it was not formed from anything.

2006-10-19 01:28:20 · answer #1 · answered by xox_bass_player_xox 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Towards the end of a star's life, carbon, oxygen and silicon burn to form iron. Iron itself does not burn, because Iron -56 (I think is the isotope) is the most stable of all nuclei.

2006-10-18 23:42:52 · answer #2 · answered by Morgy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋