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Facts About Copper and Terbium


Facts About Terbium 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.
  
  • At times Terbium metal acts same as Calcium.
  • Terbium metal closely similar to Lanthanum metal.
  

Sources
Found in Minerals   
Found in Minerals, Found with Other Rare Earth Metals, Mining, Ores of Minerals   

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Unknown   
Carl Gustaf Mosander   

Discovery
In Middle East (9000 BCE)   
In 1842   

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
6 * 10-6 %   
12
5 * 10-8 %   
27

Abundance In Sun
~0.00007 %   
12
~0.00000001 %   
29

Abundance In Meteorites
0.01 %   
13
0.00 %   
99+

Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.01 %   
17
0.00 %   
40

Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %   
8
0.00 %   
99+

Abundance In Humans
0.00 %   
9
Not Available   

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