Facts About Copper and Hafnium
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.
- Hafnium metal is highly reactive, hence not found free in nature.
- Hafnium metal as predicated after Mendeleev finished his periodic table.
Sources
Found in Minerals
By-product Zirconium Refining
Who Discovered
Unknown
Dirk Coster and George de Hevesy
Discovery
In Middle East (9000 BCE)
In 1922
Abundance In Earth's Crust
Abundance In Humans
Not Available