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Facts About Copper and Zirconium


Facts About Zirconium 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.
  
  • Zirconium metal can resist to weak acids.
  • Zirconium metal reacts with oxygen and nitrogen in the atmosphere.
  

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

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Unknown   
Martin Heinrich Klaproth   

Discovery
In Middle East (9000 BCE)   
In 1789   

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
6 * 10-6 %   
12
5 * 10-6 %   
13

Abundance In Sun
~0.00007 %   
12
~0.000004 %   
16

Abundance In Meteorites
0.01 %   
13
0.00 %   
17

Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.01 %   
17
0.01 %   
14

Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %   
8
0.00 %   
23

Abundance In Humans
0.00 %   
9
0.00 %   
15

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