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.
- Radium metal is the heaviest metal of Alkaline earth metals column.
- Radium metal is highly radioactive and does not have any stable isotopes.
1.2 Sources
Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals
Mining, Ores of metals
1.3 History
1.3.1 Who Discovered
Claude François Geoffroy
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1.3.2 Discovery
1.4 Abundance
1.4.1 Abundance In Universe
1.4.4 Abundance In Sun
~0.000006 %~-9999 %
1E-08
0.1
1.4.7 Abundance In Meteorites
1.5.2 Abundance In Earth's Crust
2.3.4 Abundance In Oceans
2.3.6 Abundance In Humans