ferrum (Fe)
ferrum (Fe)
The name of pure iron is just "iron." When iron is in its pure form, it consists of iron atoms without any other elements or impurities mixed in.
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That depends on what you mean - soft iron is usually the name given to iron that is easily magnetised and demagnetised. In which case it is usually very pure. Mecahnically soft and hard irons have different crystal structures and trace impurities, although iron is more correctly known as steel when it is anything but 100% pure iron.
Pure iron is homogeneous.
Pure iron is rarely found in its pure form in nature because it readily reacts with oxygen to form iron oxide (rust). However, iron can be purified through industrial processes to obtain pure iron for various applications.
SigmaAldrich sells pure iron in many different forms. Given that, the alloy of carbon and iron that we call steel is far more common for two reasons: iron picks up carbon during smelting (the second phase of iron production is to burn off the excess carbon) and steel is a far more useful metal than iron.
If it is pure iron then by definition there is no carbon or anything else present in it, just iron.
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Pure iron is rarely used; frequently iron alloys or coated iron are more important.
Iron is a pure substance. It's an element (Fe) and a bar of Iron is no mixture. If it was pure iron, then by definition it would be pure. However iron is rarely pure, it is usually in alloy with something.
Iron is an element, so it is a pure substance.