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Compare two chemical elements side by side across 19 atomic and physical properties.

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Property Fe Iron O Oxygen
Atomic Number 26 higher 8 higher
Symbol Fe different O different
Name Iron different Oxygen different
Atomic Mass 55.84 higher 15.999 higher
Category Transition Metals different Reactive Nonmetals different
Period 4 higher 2 higher
Group 8 lower 16 lower
Block d-Block different p-Block different
Standard State Solid different Gas different
Electronegativity 1.83 lower 3.44 lower
Atomic Radius 194 higher 152 higher
Ionization Energy 7.902 lower 13.618 lower
Electron Affinity 0.163 lower 1.461 lower
Oxidation States +3, +2 different -2 different
Melting Point 1811 K (1537.85 °C) higher 54.36 K (-218.79 °C) higher
Boiling Point 3134 K (2860.85 °C) higher 90.2 K (-182.95 °C) higher
Density 7.874 higher 0.0014 higher
Electron Configuration [Ar]4s2 3d6 different [He]2s2 2p4 different
Year Discovered Ancient different 1774 different

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