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Facts About Copper and Potassium


Facts About Potassium 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.
  
  • In the list of most abundant element Potassium is ranked 7th.
  • Potassium can easily be sliced (chopped) down using knife.
  

Sources
Found in Minerals   
Found in Minerals, Mining   

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Unknown   
Humphry Davy   

Discovery
In Middle East (9000 BCE)   
In 1807   

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
6 * 10-6 %   
12
3 * 10-4 %   
9

Abundance In Sun
~0.00007 %   
12
~0.0004 %   
9

Abundance In Meteorites
0.01 %   
13
0.07 %   
9

Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.01 %   
17
1.50 %   
6

Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %   
8
0.04 %   
3

Abundance In Humans
0.00 %   
9
0.20 %   
2

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