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Facts About Copper and Scandium


Facts About Scandium 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.
  
  • Scandium is known as one of the rare earth elements.
  • Scandium metal found in rare minerals called Wolframite .
  

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

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Unknown   
Lars Fredrik Nilson   

Discovery
In Middle East (9000 BCE)   
In 1879   

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
6 * 10-6 %   
12
3 * 10-6 %   
15

Abundance In Sun
~0.00007 %   
12
~0.000004 %   
16

Abundance In Meteorites
0.01 %   
13
0.00 %   
18

Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.01 %   
17
0.00 %   
23

Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %   
8
0.00 %   
32

Abundance In Humans
0.00 %   
9
Not Available   

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