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Facts About Copper and Indium


Facts About Indium 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.
  
  • Luster of Indium is bright in nature.
  • Reich and richer were looking for thallium in zinc metal and they discovered Indium metal.
  

Sources
Found in Minerals   
Mining, Ores of metals   

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Unknown   
Ferdinand Reich and Hieronymous Theodor Richter   

Discovery
In Middle East (9000 BCE)   
In 1863   

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
6 * 10-6 %   
12
3 * 10-8 %   
28

Abundance In Sun
~0.00007 %   
12
~0.0000004 %   
23

Abundance In Meteorites
0.01 %   
13
0.00 %   
99+

Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.01 %   
17
0.00 %   
99+

Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %   
8
0.00 %   
99+

Abundance In Humans
0.00 %   
9
Not Available   

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