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Facts About Copper and Vanadium


Facts About Vanadium 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.
  
  • Vanadium is a highly reactive metal, hence it is not found free in nature.
  • Vanadium can be found in almost 65 different types of minerals.
  

Sources
Found in Minerals   
Found As a By-product, Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals   

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Unknown   
Andrés Manuel del Río   

Discovery
In Middle East (9000 BCE)   
In 1801   

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
6 * 10-6 %   
12
1 * 10-4 %   
10

Abundance In Sun
~0.00007 %   
12
~0.00004 %   
13

Abundance In Meteorites
0.01 %   
13
0.01 %   
14

Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.01 %   
17
0.02 %   
12

Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %   
8
0.00 %   
14

Abundance In Humans
0.00 %   
9
0.00 %   
16

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