Manganese is a brittle metal essential to steel production and required in trace amounts by living organisms.
Atomic number
25
Category
Transition metal
Period
4
Group
7
State
Solid
Fun facts about Manganese
It removes oxygen and sulfur impurities during steelmaking.
Manganese dioxide serves as a battery electrode material.
Permanganate compounds are powerful oxidising agents with a purple colour.
Common uses of Manganese
Steelmaking
Dry-cell and alkaline batteries
Water-treatment oxidants
Where Manganese sits in the periodic table
Manganese is classified as a transition metal in period 4 and group 7 of the periodic table. Under the conditions represented in this reference, its state is solid.
Quick chemistry revision
For quick revision, pair the symbol Mn with atomic number 25 and the listed atomic mass 54.938. The summary, facts, and uses above keep those element properties together in one reference.