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Facts About Copper and Manganese


Facts About Manganese 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.
  
  • Manganese is an essential trace element in all forms of life.
  • Manganese metal oxidizes very easily, but it does not fuse that easily.
  

Sources
Found in Minerals   
Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals   

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Unknown   
Johann Gottlieb Gahn   

Discovery
In Middle East (9000 BCE)   
In 1774   

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
6 * 10-6 %   
12
8 * 10-4 %   
8

Abundance In Sun
~0.00007 %   
12
~0.001 %   
8

Abundance In Meteorites
0.01 %   
13
0.27 %   
8

Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.01 %   
17
0.11 %   
8

Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %   
8
0.00 %   
13

Abundance In Humans
0.00 %   
9
0.00 %   
13

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