The most common element on Earth by mass, the endpoint of stellar fusion, and the metal that named an age.
- Atomic number
- 26
- Atomic mass
- 55.845 u
- Phase
- Solid
- Electron configuration
- [Ar] 3d⁶ 4s²
- Melting point
- 1,811 K · 1,537.9 °C
- Boiling point
- 3,134 K · 2,860.9 °C
- Density
- 7.874 g/cm³
- Electronegativity
- 1.83
- Period / Group
- 4 / 8
- Discovery year
- Ancient