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Facts About Copper and Californium


Facts About Californium and Copper


Facts

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • Californium metal is very harmful and highly radioactive.
  • Californium metal is the heaviest metal.
  

Sources
Found in Minerals   
Made by Bombarding Curium with Helium Ions   

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Unknown   
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory   

Discovery
In Middle East (9000 BCE)   
In 1950   

Abundance
  
  

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

Abundance In Sun
~0.00007 %   
12
~-9999 %   

Abundance In Meteorites
0.01 %   
13
Not Available   

Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.01 %   
17
Not Available   

Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %   
8
Not Available   

Abundance In Humans
0.00 %   
9
Not Available   

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