Is Manganese a ferrous metal, non ferrous metal on non ferrous alloy?

Question

Stricly manganese (not manganese oxide). Just manganese

Answer 1

Manganese is not precisely a "ferrous metal", but it is one of the iron group of elements which originates in the hearts of giant stars before a supernova explosion. A ferrous metal must contain iron and while it is commonly found in ores that contain both the metal manganese itself is actually an element in it's own right, consequently in its pure metal form, manganese is -not- a combination or an alloy with any other metal.

That said; it -is- most often used to form industrially important alloys. It is commonly alloyed with steel in order to improve the strength, toughness, stiffness, wear resistance, hardness, and hardenability of steels for tools and a variety of specific uses.

Manganese metal can become "ferromagnetic" only after special treatments with certain process and compounds and in special alloys with aluminum and antimony, most commonly with small amounts of copper.

From Wikipedia;
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One method of classifying metals is by their content, and one common devision is into ferrous metals and non-ferrous metals. The term ferrous is derived from the Latin "Ferrum" which means "containing iron", thus ferrous metals contain iron and non-ferrous metals do not.

Ferrous metals may be pure iron, like wrought iron, or they may be alloys of iron and other elements. Steel, being an alloy of iron and carbon, would therefore be a ferrous metal.

Ferrous metals are often magnetic, but this property is not in and of itself sufficient to classify a metal as ferrous or non-ferrous. Austenitic stainless steel, a ferrous metal, is non-magnetic, while cobalt is magnetic but non-ferrous. However since ferrous metals are the most common magnetic materials, magnets are commonly used to separate them from non-ferrous metals and other materials.

Common ferrous metals include the various irons and steels.

Common non-ferrous metals include aluminium, tin, copper, zinc, and brass, an alloy of copper and zinc. The precious metals silver, gold, and platinum are also non-ferrous.

Answer 2

Is Manganese A Metal

Answer 3

I don't know what ferrous means, but it's certainly not an alloy. An alloy is a mixture of two or more elements and manganese is its own element.

Answer 4

manganese is an element. ferrous metals are those that contain iron ore, a different element. so the answer is non-ferrous metal

Answer 5

Check wikpedia.com it is non-ferrous (non-magnetic) until refined in ways. It's used in the alloying process of various metals, thus achieving magnetic properties in non-ferrous metals such as aluminum. Wickpedia is the ultimate reference website ;-)

Answer 6

Manganese is a brittle grayish white metallic element. Source: pyrolusite, rhodonite. Use: alloys, strengthening steel. Symbol Mn