Minor Metals

Manganese

Manganese is a silvery-gray metal resembling iron. It is hard and very brittle, difficult to fuse, but easy to oxidize. Manganese is essential to iron and steel production by virtue of its sulfur-fixing, deoxidizing, and alloying properties. Steelmaking has accounted for most manganese demand, presently in the range of 85% to 90% of the total demand.

Among a variety of other uses, manganese is a key component of low-cost stainless steel grades. The second large application for manganese is as alloying agent for aluminium.

Manganese(IV) oxide (manganese dioxide, MnO2) is used as a reagent in organic chemistry for the oxidation of benzylic alcohols.

For more info see also: http:www.manganese.org

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