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Facts About Aluminium and Niobium


Facts About Niobium 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.
  
  • Niobium metal was used to get called Columbium in past.
  • Niobium metal found freely in nature (abundance).
  

Sources
By Electrolysis Process, Earth's crust, Mining   
By-product of Tin Extraction, Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals   

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Hans Christian Oersted   
Charles Hatchett   

Discovery
In 1825   
In 1801   

Abundance
  
  

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

Abundance In Sun
~0.006 %   
5
~0.0000004 %   
23

Abundance In Meteorites
0.91 %   
5
0.00 %   
35

Abundance In Earth's Crust
8.10 %   
1
0.00 %   
25

Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %   
6
0.00 %   
34

Abundance In Humans
0.00 %   
10
Not Available   

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