Manganese

Manganese is essential to iron and steel production by virtue of its sulfur-fixing, deoxidizing, and alloying properties. Steelmaking, including its ironmaking component, 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 formulations and certain widely used aluminium alloys. Manganese (IV) oxide is used in the original type of dry cell battery. Manganese dioxide is also used as a catalyst. Manganese is used to decolorize glass (removing the greenish tinge that presence of iron produces) and, in higher concentration, make violet-colored glass. Manganese oxide is a brown pigment that can be used to make paint and is a component of natural umber. Potassium permanganate is a potent oxidizer and used in chemistry and in medicine as disinfectant agent.

Electrolytic manganese is high purity,its role is to increase the hardness of metal materials,the most widely used is manganese copper alloy,manganese aluminum alloy,200 series stainless steel,manganese in these alloys can improve the strength,toughness,wear resistance and corrosion resistance of alloy.