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Facts About Copper and Magnesium


Facts About Magnesium 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.
  
  • Magnesium ions are present in every chlorophyll of every green plant .
  • Controlling Magnesium fire by pouring water on it will result in explosions.
  

Sources
Found in Minerals   
By Electrolysis Process, In Ocean, Mining   

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Unknown   
Joseph Black   

Discovery
In Middle East (9000 BCE)   
In 1755   

Abundance
  
  

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

Abundance In Sun
~0.00007 %   
12
~0.07 %   
2

Abundance In Meteorites
0.01 %   
13
12.00 %   
2

Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.01 %   
17
2.90 %   
4

Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %   
8
0.13 %   
2

Abundance In Humans
0.00 %   
9
0.03 %   
4

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