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Facts About Cerium and Platinum


Facts About Platinum and Cerium


Facts

Interesting Facts
  • Cerium is a rare earth metal but still it is not rare at all.
  • It’s non-toxic compound Cerium sulfide has a rich red color and it is used as a pigment.
  • Cerium metal is also used in Flat screen TVs, light bulb, floodlights, etc.
  
  • Platinum is the rarest metal from the Precious metal categories..
  • Commercially Platinum is produced as a byproduct in ores of nickel.
  

Sources
Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals   
Mining, Ores of metals, Ores of Minerals   

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Martin Heinrich Klaproth, Jöns Jakob Berzelius, Wilhelm Hisinger   
Antonio de Ulloa   

Discovery
In 1803   
In 1735   

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
1 * 10-6 %   
16
5 * 10-7 %   
19

Abundance In Sun
~0.0000004 %   
23
~0.0000009 %   
19

Abundance In Meteorites
0.00 %   
27
0.00 %   
25

Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.01 %   
18
0.00 %   
99+

Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %   
33
Not Available   

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