manganese
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Summary
manganese is a chemical element[1]. manganese draws 12,820 Wikipedia views per month (chemical element category, ranking #41 of 144).[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Johan Gottlieb Gahn[3]
- Named after: Magnesia Prefecture[4]
- Made from material: pyrolusite[5], braunite mineral group[6], psilomelane[7], rhodochrosite[8], manganese nodule[9]
- Canonical SMILES: [Mn][10]
- Element symbol: Mn[11]
- Chemical formula: Mn[12]
- Subclass of: flammable solid[13], simple substance[14], d-block[15]
- Part of: period 4[16], group 7[17], transition metal[18]
- Commons category: Manganese[19]
- Said to be the same as: Q15679771[20]
- Unicode character: 錳[21]
- Crystal system: body-centered cubic[22]
- Time of discovery or invention: 1774[23]
- Found in taxon: Foeniculum vulgare[24], Artemia salina[25]
- IPA transcription: mæŋɡəˈniːz[26], ˈmæŋɡəniːz[27]
- Topic's main category: Category:Manganese[28]
- Commons gallery: Manganese[29]
- Atomic number: 25[30]
- Mohs' hardness: 6.0[31]
- Electronegativity: 1.55[32]
- Oxidation state: -3[33], -2[34], -1[35], 1[36], 2[37], 3[38], 4[39], 5[40], 6[41], 7[42], 0[43]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[44], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[45]
Body
Influence
Things named for manganese include manganite[46], a mineral species[47]; manganosite[48], a mineral species[49]; manganvesuvianite[50], a mineral species[51]; manganokhomyakovite[52], a mineral species[53]; manganochromite[54], a mineral species[55]; pumpellyite-(Mn²⁺)[56], a mineral species[57]; manganoneptunite[58], a mineral species[59]; and manganoeudialyte[60], a mineral species[61].
Why It Matters
manganese has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[62] manganese is known by 61 alternative names across languages and contexts.[63]
Entities named for manganese include manganite[46], a mineral species[47]; manganosite[48], a mineral species[49]; manganvesuvianite[50], a mineral species[51]; manganokhomyakovite[52], a mineral species[53]; manganochromite[54], a mineral species[55]; and pumpellyite-(Mn²⁺)[56], a mineral species[57].