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Facts About Copper and Gadolinium


Facts About Gadolinium 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.
  
  • Gadolinium is not found free in nature, hence it is not a native metal.
  • Gadolinium metal found in minerals like Monazite and Bastnaesite.
  

Sources
Found in Minerals   
Found in Minerals, Mining   

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Unknown   
Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac   

Discovery
In Middle East (9000 BCE)   
In 1880   

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
6 * 10-6 %   
12
2 * 10-7 %   
22

Abundance In Sun
~0.00007 %   
12
~0.0000002 %   
25

Abundance In Meteorites
0.01 %   
13
0.00 %   
34

Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.01 %   
17
0.00 %   
30

Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %   
8
0.00 %   
38

Abundance In Humans
0.00 %   
9
Not Available   

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