1 Facts
1.1 Interesting Facts
- Bismuth metal is soluble and reacts with concentrated nitric acid.
- It oxides are used as a yellow pigment in paint. Bismuth chloride oxide BiClO gives a pearly texture to cosmetics.
- Metal dust of Lutetium element is highly explosive.
- Lutetium metal is corrosion resistance and acts stable in air.
1.2 Sources
Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals
Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals
1.3 History
1.3.1 Who Discovered
Claude François Geoffroy
Georges Urbain and Carl Auer von Welsbach
1.3.2 Discovery
1.4 Abundance
1.4.1 Abundance In Universe
7 * 10-8 %1 * 10-8 %
5E-09
0.11
1.4.3 Abundance In Sun
~0.000006 %~0.0000001 %
1E-08
0.1
1.5.1 Abundance In Meteorites
1.5.2 Abundance In Earth's Crust
1.6.1 Abundance In Oceans
1.8.1 Abundance In Humans