Facts About Aluminium and Cadmium
Interesting Facts
- Aluminum’s abundance percentage is more as it is found in more than 260 minerals.
- Pure Aluminum always reacts with oxygen rapidly.
- It is a good conductor of heat and electricity and used in transmission lines.
- Naturally occurring minor elements include Cadmium.
- Cadmium is released into atmosphere to control volcanic eruption and forest fires.
- It is used for electroplating of Steel for corrosion resistance.
- It can absorb neutrons and used in nuclear reactor to control atomic fission.
Sources
By Electrolysis Process, Earth's crust, Mining
Found As a By-product, Found in Minerals, Mining
Who Discovered
Hans Christian Oersted
Karl Samuel Leberecht Hermann and Friedrich Stromeyer
Discovery
In 1825
In 1817
Abundance In Earth's Crust