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Without doing detailed calculations, explain which of the following objects contains the greatest mess of the element iron.
a. A 100 kg pile of pure iron flings.
b. A cube of wrought iron. 5.0 cm on edge. Wrought iron contains 98.5% iron by mass and has a density of 7.7 g/cm3.
c. A square sheet of stainless steel 0.30 m on edge and 1.0 mm thick. The stainless steel is an alloy (Mixture) containing iron, together with 18% chromium, 8% nickel, and 0.18% carbon by mass. Its density is 7.7 g/cm3.
d. 10.0 L of a solution characterized as follows:
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