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Facts About Berkelium and Copper


Facts About Copper and Berkelium


Facts

Interesting Facts
  • X-ray Diffraction- different compounds of Berkelium metals are identified using it.
    Commercial uses of Berkelium metal are not yet discovered.
  
  • Copper rarely found in its pure form in nature.
  • Copper Sulfate is mostly used in agricultural poison and as an algicide in water purification system.
  

Sources
Bombarding Americium with Alpha Particles.   
Found in Minerals   

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory   
Unknown   

Discovery
In 1949   
In Middle East (9000 BCE)   

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
Not Available   
6 * 10-6 %   
12

Abundance In Sun
~-9999 %   
~0.00007 %   
12

Abundance In Meteorites
Not Available   
0.01 %   
13

Abundance In Earth's Crust
Not Available   
0.01 %   
17

Abundance In Oceans
Not Available   
0.00 %   
8

Abundance In Humans
Not Available   
0.00 %   
9

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