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Facts About Copper and Uranium


Facts About Uranium 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.
  
  • Major mining countries of Uranium include Russia, Australia, Namibia, Canada and Niger and total 33% Uranium are mine in Kazakhstan.
  

Sources
Found in Minerals   
Earth's crust, Mining, Ores of Minerals   

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Unknown   
Not Available   

Discovery
In Middle East (9000 BCE)   
In 1789   

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
6 * 10-6 %   
12
2 * 10-8 %   
29

Abundance In Sun
~0.00007 %   
12
~0.0000001 %   
26

Abundance In Meteorites
0.01 %   
13
0.00 %   
99+

Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.01 %   
17
0.00 %   
36

Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %   
8
0.00 %   
11

Abundance In Humans
0.00 %   
9
Not Available   

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