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Facts About Copper and Gallium


Facts About Gallium 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.
  
  • A gram of Gallium metal can be bought for only three dollars.
  • Gallium metal found in ores of following things Coal, Bauxite, Diaspore, Sphalerite, Germanite and Zinc.
  

Sources
Found in Minerals   
Earth's crust, Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals   

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Unknown   
Lecoq de Boisbaudran   

Discovery
In Middle East (9000 BCE)   
In 1875   

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
6 * 10-6 %   
12
1 * 10-6 %   
16

Abundance In Sun
~0.00007 %   
12
~0.000004 %   
16

Abundance In Meteorites
0.01 %   
13
0.00 %   
16

Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.01 %   
17
0.00 %   
24

Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %   
8
0.00 %   
22

Abundance In Humans
0.00 %   
9
Not Available   

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