IRON
IRON HIERRO
FER EISEN ZALIZO
+2 IRONINE - +3 IRON -
FERROUS FERRIC
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IRON
A GREY HARD DUCTILE MALLEABLE
STRUCTURAL STEEL ALLOY METAL
AND HUMAN BLOOD FACTOR
DENSITY
@ 20°C = 7.66 gcc
IN DURONS = 4,718 dur
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MELTING POINT
TEMPERATURE = 1,535°C ±21°
BOILING POINT
TEMPERATURE = 1,963°C
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INTRODUCTION
IRON IS THE MAJOR COMPONENT OF STEEL, HOWEVER,
IRON IS ALMOST NEVER FOUND, IN ITS PURE STATE, ON THE EARTH,
OR USED ALONE IN MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS, BECAUSE,
IRON, IS A VERY HARD, BRITTLE, UN-WORKABLE METAL
WHEN IT IS USED ALONE, AS IN CAST IRON PRODUCTS.
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HOWEVER, WHEN IRON IS COMBINED WITH OTHER METALS
OR NON- METALS, IT BECOMES ONE OF THE MOST VERSATILE
OF THE ATOMIC ELEMENTS, THAT OUR WORLD IS MADE OF.
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IRON IS NOT JUST A METAL,FOUND IN THE EARTH,
IT IS ALSO PART OF 200 VERY USEFUL COMPOUNDS.
THAT ARE USED, IN ALMOST, EVERY TYPE OF FARM MACHINE,
MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS, PERSONAL COSMETICS,
PLASTICS, PAPER PRODUCTS & MEDICATIONS.
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HOW MODERN IRON AND STEEL IS MADE
IRON IS A MIXTURE OF 4 DIFFERENT WEIGHT ISOTOPES
WT 89.6 ugr, WT 92.9 ugr, WT 94.5 ugr WT 96.2 ugr
WT= WEIGHT, THE WEIGHTS ARE IN UNIFIED GRAMS ( UGR & ugr )
ONE UNIFIED GRAM = 10e-24 GRAMS
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METALS ARE WEIGHED IN THE UNIGRAM, GRAM & KILOGRAM UNITS
OF THE METRIC SYSTEM, NOT IN THE ATOMIC MASS UNITS (AMU)
THAT ATOMIC PHYSICIST'S USE FOR ATOMIC RESEARCH
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THE FOUR ISOTOPES OF IRON MAKE THE FOUR FORMS OF IRON
BECAUSE THE FOUR DIFFERENT WEIGHT ISOTOPES OF IRON
HAVE VERY DIFFERENT MELTING POINT TEMPERATURES,
PRODUCTS MADE FROM IRON, HAVE DIFFERENT QUALITYS,
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THAT RESULT FROM, THE LENGTH OF TIME THAT THE MELTED IRON
IS KEPT AT ONE OF THE ISOTOPES MELTING TEMPERATURE,SINCE,
THE ELECTRON ORBITALS IN THE IRON ATOMS
CHANGE THEIR DIAMETERS & BONDING ABILITYS
AT EACH DIFFERENT IRON ISOTOPE'S
MELTING TEMPERATURE & BOILING TEMPERATURE.
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THE EFFECTS OF INCREASED HEAT UPON IRON
• THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE ONLY CREATES RIGID CAST IRONS
• THE MID RANGE TEMPERATURES CREATE FLEXIBILTY
• THE HIGHER TEMPERATURES CREATE INCREASED STRENGTH
AND MORE RIGIDITY, HOWEVER,
• THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURES OFTEN CREATE STEELS,
WITH SO MUCH RIGIDITY, THAT THEY BECOME BRITTLE & BREAK.
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GREEK LETTER NAMES ARE USED TO DESCRIBE
THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF IRON
WHICH ARE CALLED THE VARIOUS FORMS OF IRON,
EACH ARE DESCRIBED, IN THE TWO TABLES SHOWN BELOW
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ALFA FORM ALPHA FORM
THE 89.6 ugr WEIGHT ISOTOPE MAKES THIS TRANSITION @ 1,296°C
MIXTURES THAT ARE HEATED TO THIS TEMPERATURE
HELD, AT THAT TEMPERATURE, FOR AT LEAST 2.12 HOURS,
& THEN RAISED TO 1,536°C, TEND TO HAVE BETTER BONDING
ABILITYS,THAN THOSE,THAT ARE RAISED DIRECTLY TO 1,536°C
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THIS IRON IS CALLED THE ALFA (alpha) ALLOTROPIC FORM
& ALSO THE 1,296°C 2.12 HOUR HOLDING TEMPERATURE FORM
THESE MIXTURES ARE USED IN ALLOYS WITH COBALTON & ZINCON
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BETA FORM
WHEN IRON THAT IS EXTRACTED FROM TACONITE ORE
IS HEATED TO 1,536°C FOR 4.5 HOURS
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THE ELECTRON ORBITALS, IN THE IRON ATOMS,
STABILIZE, IN A PERPENDICULAR, FORMAT, ("P"FORM )
& CREATE, A TYPE OF CAST IRON STEEL,
THAT IS CALLED.....PIG IRON, HARD STEEL,
BECAUSE, IT IS USED, TO MAKE, CAST IRON PIPE,
CAST IRON POTS, CAST IRON CAULDRONS
& OTHER ROUND, CAST IRON, ALLOY PRODUCTS.
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MAGNETS, MOTOR ARMATURES & LARGE MAGNETRONS ARE ALSO,
MADE FROM, THIS TYPE OF "P" PERPENDICULAR ORBITAL IRON.
THIS IRON IS CALLED THE 1,536°4.5H FORM & OR THE BETA FORM
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GAMA FORM ( gamma form )
WHEN IRON FROM SIDERITE ORE, IS HEATED TO 1587°C
FOR 4 TO 7 HOURS THE INNER & OUTER ELECTRON ORBITALS
OF THE ATOMS IN THE IRON....TAKE ON DIFFERENT NATURES,
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THE INNER ORBITALS, BECOME MORE DIAGONAL,
AND THE OUTER ORBITALS, BECOME MORE SEPARATED,
& MORE PERPENDICULAR,TO EACH OTHER
THE PURE METAL ALSO BECOMES MAGNETIC.
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THE 1587°C-7HR FORM IS ALSO CALLED THE GAMA FORM
AND ALSO THE 1587°C-7H MAGMA GAMMA FORM.
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SIDERITE SOURCED IRON,IS USED TO MAKE,THE STEEL FRAMES,
FOR MOTORCYCLES, BICYCLES, TRI-CYCLES & RICKSHAWS
BECAUSE, IT HOLDS ON TO, SMALL SPOT WELDS & PAINTS WELL.
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DELTA FORM
WHEN IRON ATOMS FROM SIDERITE ORE ARE HEATED TO 1,591°C
FOR AT LEAST 24 HOURS, THE STEELS MADE FROM THEM,
ARE MUCH MORE, FLEXIBLE & CORROSION RESISTANT, BECAUSE,
MORE IMPURITYS, HAVE BEEN BURNT OUT OF THAT IRON.
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CASTINGS & STEELS ALLOYS, MADE OF THIS 1,591°C-24HR
FORM OF IRON,ARE ALSO CALLED,DELTA FORM,IRONS & STEELS.
THEY ARE NORMALLY USED FOR STEEL COIL SPRINGS
AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRONICS & MOTOR - ENGINE CASTINGS.
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THE TABLE BELOW SUMMARIZES ALL THE INFORMATION ABOVE
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TMP & TIME
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QUALITYS
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USES
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1296°C-2.2HR
ALFA
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CORROSION
RESISTANCE
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SHEET METAL,SCREWS,
BOLTS, MOTOR ARMATURES
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1536°C-4.5HR
BETA
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WELDABLE, MALLEABLE
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NUTS, COLUMNS,
20' RAILROAD RAILS
AUTO LEAF SPRINGS
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1587°C-7HR
GAMA
gamma
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FIRE RESISTANT
DUCTILE
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BRIDGE CABLES, PISTONS
CURVED RAILROAD RAILS
POST TENSIONING RODS
TRUCK LEAF SPRINGS
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1591°C-24HR
DELTA
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FIRE & HEAT RESISTANT
SHOCK RESISTANT
RIGIDITY
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BEAMS, BRIDGES,
MOTOR CASTINGS
COIL SPRINGS
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THIS IRON & STEEL CHART IS SHOWN LARGER ON A SEPARATE PAGE
THAT YOU CAN COPY & PRINT FOR YOUR FILES
CLICK ON THE CHART TITLE ABOVE TO ACCESS THAT PAGE
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IRON ORES AND THEIR USES
IRON IS EXTRACTED FROM DIFFERENT IRON CONTAINING ORES.
EACH OF THEM CONTAIN A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF OTHER METALS
THAT AFFECT THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PRODUCTS
WHICH ARE MADE FROM THEM. THEREFORE,
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STEEL & IRON MAKERS USE THE ORES AS FOLLOWS:
• TACONITE.....IS USED TO MAKE TRUCK FRAMES
• HEMATITE.....IS USED FOR AUTOMOBILE FRAMES ALLOYS
• LIMONITE......IS USED FOR CONCRETE REINFORCING RODS
• SIDERITE.....IS USED FOR STRUCTURAL STEEL BEAMS & CASTINGS,
• GOETHITE...IS USED FOR HEAVY STEEL PLATES FOR MARINE USE
& FOR STRUCTURAL STEEL FOR POSTS & COLUMNS
• MAGNATITE...IS USED TO MAKE ARMATURES,
CASTINGS THAT HAVE TO CARRY CURRENT
OR CASTINGS FUNCTION MAGNETICALLY.
• WUESTITE...IS USED FOR CROME PLATED PRODUCTS & GEARS
• VIVIANITE.....IS USED TO MAKE METAL SAW BLADES & KNIFES
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SOURCES
TACONITE IS FOUND IN BOLIVIA, BOTSWANA, CHINA, FRANCE,
PERU,SURINAME,SOUTH AFRICA,URUGUAY, THE USA
HEMATITE IS FOUND IN ARGENTINA, BRAZIL, BYLORUSSIA, FRANCE,
POLAND, PUERTO RICO & URUGUAY
LIMONITE IS FOUND IN AUSTRALIA, BRAZIL,CANADA, ENGLAND,
FRANCE, GREENLAND,HAITI,NEW FOUNDLAND,
NEW ZEALAND, PERU, TIMOR & THE USA
SIDERITE IS FOUND IN ARGENTINA, BOLIVIA, BRAZIL,CHINA,
COLUMBIA,CUBA, GHANA, HAITI. INDIA, NIGERIA,
PARAGUAY, PORTUGAL, SOUTH AFRICA,THAILAND,
URUGUAY, VENEZUELA, ZAMBIA
GOETHITE IS FOUND IN AFGANISTAN, CANADA, FRANCE,
PORTUGAL, SOMALIA, THE USA
MAGNATITE IS FOUND IN LUXEMBERG,NORWAY, PAKISTAN,
RUSSIA, SWAZILAND, SWEDEN, TANZANIA,
WUESTITE IS FOUND IN AUSTRALIA,BYLO-RUSSIA,CANADA,
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, CHAD,
COSTA RICO, NEW FOUNDLAND,
NEW ZEALAND, INDIA,URUGUAY, USA
VIVIANITE IS FOUND IN BENIN,CANADA, CUBA, GUATEMALA, HAITI,
NIGERIA, MEXICO, RUSSIA, SAN SALVADOR, VENEZUELA
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COSTS
THE COST OF IRON BILLETS IS ABOUT $30 A KILO or $17.50 A POUND
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THE DEVELOPMENT OF IRON & STEEL
1596 BC.
IN 1596 B.C. OVAL SHAPED RED CLAY
IRON CASTING MOLDS. BEGAN TO BE USED
TO POUR MOLTEN, MELTED LIQUID IRON INTO
BECAUSE THESE OVAL CLAY CASTING MOLDS
HAD A CURVED HANDLE, SIMILAR TO A PIGS TAIL
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RED CLAY MOLDS
FOR CASTING
IRON
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THE SHINY GREY IRON CASTINGS, SOON WERE CALLED PIG IRON.
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AT THAT TIME
THEY COULD ONLY HEAT METAL ORES IN SMALL CLAY OVENS
TO ABOUT 926°C & THEN POUR THE MOLTEN IRON INTO CLAY MOLDS
FOR POTS, PANS, HELMETS, BOWLS, FRYERS, ROASTERS & SCOOPS.
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IN 395 BC
MEN LEARNED TO MAKE VERY LONG TONGS
TO HOLD ONTO, HOT IRON BILLETS, AS THEY WERE TAKEN,
FROM CASTING POTS IN HARD-CLAY BRICK, DRAFT FURNACES.
THEY WERE THEN ABLE TO HAMMER UPON ON THE HOT IRON
AND FORGE IT INTO THIN KNIFES AND V SHAPED PLOWS.
THAT TYPE OF HAMMER BEATEN IRON IS CALLED WROUGHT IRON.
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IN 386 BC
MEN DISCOVERED TIN, COPPER AND BISMUTH,
THREE SOFTER, BENDABLE METALS AND THEY BEGAN TO MIX
THOSE METALS IN WITH EACH OTHER & INTO IRON ORE.
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IN 329 BC
THEY DISCOVERED HOW TO MAKE BISMUTH & IRON
BRONZE LIKE CAST POTS, PANS, DISHES & CAST BRONZE STATUES.
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IN 422 AD
MEN BEGAN TO CAST BISMUTH-IRON BRONZE SAWS,
WITH LARGE TEETH, THAT THEY RUBBED ON LARGE STONES
TO SHARPEN ENOUGH TO CUT DOWN SOFTWOOD SWAMP TREES,
IN ORDER TO CLEAR SWAMP LAND FOR AGRICULTURE & SOON
SUGAR WAS INTRODUCED INTO THE CULTURE OF THE WEST.
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IN 506 AD
MEN IN SPAIN FOUND AN ORE THAT CONTAINED BOTH
IRON & CROMION & DEVELOPED A METHOD FOR MAKING AXES,
& SMALL TOOTHED CROMION-BISMUTON-IRON STEEL SAWS.
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IN 1403 AD
MEN BEGAN TO CAST, IRON WHEELS WITH GEARS
AND SOON AFTER, JOHANNES GUTENBERG WAS ABLE TO MAKE,
THE FIRST PRINTING PRESS WITH MOVEABLE TYPE.
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IN 1456 AD
IRON ORES WITH COBALTON WERE DISCOVERED
THAT MADE FINER CAST TOOLS & CASTING POTS & SOON
THEY BEGAN TO MAKE CHISELS, LATHES, DRILLS & SAWS,
WHICH BEGAN THE INDUSTRIAL AGE.
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IN 1646 AD
MEN DISCOVERED HOW TO MAKE AN IRON WITH COPPER
THAT WOULD STAY SOFTER LONGER AND COULD BE BEATEN
WITH LARGE SLEDGE HAMMERS INTO BEAMS AND GIRDERS
THAT, COULD BE HEATED AGAIN IN OVENS, IN ORDER TO PROVIDE
MORE TIME FOR THE SHAPING OF IRON ARCHES & COLUMNS.
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IRON MAKERS
FROM THREE CONTINENTS CAME TO GERMANY & BELGIUM TO SEE,
HOW THESE LARGER ARCHES, POSTS & BEAMS WERE MADE,
BUT, AFTER 2 YEARS THE DISCOVERERS OF THIS NEW METHOD,
REFUSED TO TEACH OTHER IRON MAKERS HOW TO CREATE
THE MORE WORKABLE IRON AND WARS
BETWEEN THE IRON MAKING NATIONS BEGAN.
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IN 1843 AD
MEN IN GERMANY BEGAN TO MAKE 5 FT LONG IRON RODS
INTO POST HOLE DIGGERS, WITH A CROSS SHAPED POINTED END
& A FLAT ROUND TOP THAT COULD BE BEATEN WITH HAMMERS
OUT OF A MIXTURE OF CHROMIUM,TUNGSTON & IRON ORES.
BECAUSE THE X SHAPED POINTED END LOOKED LIKE A STAR
THEY CALLED THE POST HOLE DIGGERS STELE DIGGERS.
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VERY SOON EVERYONE WANTED A POST HOLE DIGGER,
WITH A STARRY POINTED END AND THE STELEN BRAND DIGGERS
WERE SHIPPED ALL OVER THE WORLD.
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SOON, OTHERS BEGAN TO MAKE SIMILAR DIGGERS & THEY GAVE
THEM NAMES SUCH AS, STEELEN DIGGERS, ASTELEN DIGGERS,
STEIL DIGGERS & IN ENGLAND, STEEL DIGGERS.
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IN 1658 AD
THE STEEL DIGGER COMPANY IN ENGLAND BEGAN TO MAKE KNIFES,
PLOW BLADES, FILES & RIVETS OUT OF SIMILAR IRON ALLOYS
& PUT THE SAME STAMP ON ALL OF THEM, STEEL PRODUCT CO.
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MANY PEOPLE THEN BEGAN TO COPY THEIR STAMPED IN NAME,
IN OTHER COUNTRYS ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD,
WHEN THEY MADE COPYS OF THE ENGLISH PRODUCTS
AND THE NAMES STEEL PRODUCTS INC., BEST STEEL PRODUCTS,
AND STAR STEEL PRODUCTS, WERE EVERYWHERE..AND SOON,
THE WORD STEEL BEGAN TO BE USED FOR ALL IRON ALLOYS.
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IRON IN THE HUMAN BODY
IRON IS USED IN MANY IMPORTANT COMPOUNDS
IN OUR BLOOD AND THRU-OUT OUR BODY'S ORGANS
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IRON FOSFITES IRON PHOSPHITES
WE USE IN THE WALLS OF THE CAPILLARYS
IN THE EXTERNAL OBLIQUE MUSCLES OF OUR BODY
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IRONINE IODIDES
WORKS IN OUR LIVERS TO RESTORE OUR HEALTH
AFTER MAJOR DISEASES OF OUR INTERNAL ORGANS.
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IRON SULFATES
WE USE IN THE MUSCLES OF OUR STOMACH
TO PROTECT US AGAINST INGESTED DISEASE
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IRON NITRO SULFATE
IS A STAR SHAPED MACRO-MOLECULE THAT IS
USED IN OUR LIVER & GALLBLADDER DUCT CELL ECTOPLASM,
TO WARD OFF ANTHRAX, SYPHILIS & GONORREA INFECTIONS
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TRI-IRONINE ACETATE
IS FOUND IN OUR SPLEENS AT THE RELEASE SITE
OF EACH OF OUR Y SHAPED IMMUNO-GLOBINS
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IRON OCSALATE
IS USED IN OUR EYE RODS AS A SHUNT AND
IN OUR HEART VENTRICLES AS A SWITCH AND CAPACITOR
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IRONINE BI-BROMIDES
ARE IN THE OUTER NUCLEAR LAYER,
OF OUR EYE CONES & EYE RODS, WHERE THEY FUNCTION
AS NIGHT LIGHT CAPACITORS & MORNING LIGHT RHEOSTATS
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IRON TRI-BROMIDES
STRENGTHEN OUR HEART & LESSON DEMAND,
UPON OUR HEART PACEMAKER.
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TRI-IRONINE CYANIDES
THESE ARE Y SHAPED METALO-ORGANIC MOLECULES
FOUND IN THE Y SHAPED DENDRITE NERVE DIVISIONS
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IRON OLEATES
THESE ARE Y SHAPED MOLECULE IN THE GANGLION LAYER
OF OUR EYE CONES, LACK OF THESE SPECIAL TRIGONAL
IRON MOLECULES CAUSES NIGHT BLINDNESS.
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IRON ACETYL LACTONATES
ARE LARGE ARENE METALO-ORGANIC
MOLECULES THAT HOLD OUR EYE RETINAS TOGETHER &
ABSORP ELECTRONS & PHOTONS IN THEIR STRUCTURE
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HEME
IS A LARGE IRON CORED MOLECULE
FOUND AT THE CORE OF OUR HEMOGLOBIN,
THAT TRANSPORTS NEW OCSION (oxygen) ATOMS
TO EVERY SINGLE CELL IN OUR BODY..
WHEN WE LACK IRON TO BUILD NEW HEME MOLECULES,
OUR EYES & THYROID GLANDS BEGIN TO MALFUNCTION
OUR HEMOGLOBIN MUST HAVE 3.881% HEME AT THEIR CORE,
OR OUR HEARTS WEAKEN & OUR VEINS GROW THIN & RUPTURE.
3.88% HEME IS MADE FROM 22 GLASSES OF MILK A MONTH,
8-4OZ STEAKS A MONTH OR 4 CUPS OF BEEF BROTH A DAY
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IN ADDITION TO THE IRON THAT WE NEED, TO CREATE HEME,
WE NEED IRON RICH FOODS TO SUSTAIN ALL OUR ORGANS
IRON IS FOUND IN VEAL,LIVER, TURKEY, IRON RICH BROWN EGGS,
EGG WHITES & EGG WHITE PRODUCTS, SPINACH NOODLES.
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AGRICULTURAL NEEDS FOR IRON
WHEN PLANTS LACK IRON FOSFATES
THEY NORMALLY DO NOT GROW BEYOND THREE WEEKS
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WHEN THERE IS ENOUGH IRON FOSFATE FOR THE PLANT OR TREE.
BUT NOT ENOUGH IRON SULFATES FOR THEIR SEEDS & FRUIT
THEY NORMALLY GET APHIDS BEFORE OR DURING FRUITING
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WHEN THE SOIL DOES NOT CONTAIN IRON FOSFITES
WATERMELONS, DILL, BORAGE & NUTS CANNOT MATURE.
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IRON FOSFATES ARE IN BONE MEALS
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IRON FOSFITES ARE IN FISH EMULSIONS
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IRON SULFATES ARE IN COCONUT HUSKS
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