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Facts About Copper and Thorium


Facts About Thorium 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.
  
  • Thorium metal is used as an alternate option over Uranium for nuclear fuel.
  • Thorium metals appearance (silvery white, soft) is somewhat similar to Lead metal.
  

Sources
Found in Minerals   
Found in Minerals, Mining   

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Unknown   
Jöns Jakob Berzelius   

Discovery
In Middle East (9000 BCE)   
In 1829   

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
0.05 %   
11

Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.01 %   
17
0.66 %   
7

Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %   
8
0.00 %   
15

Abundance In Humans
0.00 %   
9
Not Available   

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