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Facts About Aluminium and Gadolinium


Facts About Gadolinium and Aluminium


Facts

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.
  
  • Gadolinium is not found free in nature, hence it is not a native metal.
  • Gadolinium metal found in minerals like Monazite and Bastnaesite.
  

Sources
By Electrolysis Process, Earth's crust, Mining   
Found in Minerals, Mining   

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Hans Christian Oersted   
Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac   

Discovery
In 1825   
In 1880   

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
5 * 10-3 %   
5
2 * 10-7 %   
22

Abundance In Sun
~0.006 %   
5
~0.0000002 %   
25

Abundance In Meteorites
0.91 %   
5
0.00 %   
34

Abundance In Earth's Crust
8.10 %   
1
0.00 %   
30

Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %   
6
0.00 %   
38

Abundance In Humans
0.00 %   
10
Not Available   

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