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Facts About Cobalt and Plutonium


Facts About Plutonium and Cobalt


Facts

Interesting Facts
  • The main source of Cobalt is as a by-product of copper and nickel metal mining.
  • Cobalt metal can be obtained from other elements like Oxygen, Sulfur and Arsenic.
  • It s also used in electroplating process as it exhibits anti cession properties.
  
  • Plutonium metal if obtain from ores of uranium metal.
  • Plutonium metal is very sensitive to the change in atmospheric conditions like temperature and pressure.
  

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

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Georg Brandt   
Glenn T. Seaborg, Arthur Wahl, Joseph W. Kennedy, Edwin McMillan   

Discovery
In 1732   
In Between 1940 1941   

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
3 * 10-4 %   
9
Not Available   

Abundance In Sun
~0.0004 %   
9
~-9999 %   

Abundance In Meteorites
0.06 %   
10
Not Available   

Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.00 %   
21
Not Available   

Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %   
20
Not Available   

Abundance In Humans
0.00 %   
17
Not Available   

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