Facts About Erbium and Hafnium
Interesting Facts
- Erbium metal is used as alloyed with Vanadium to make it softer.
- Recent studies shows that it is helpful for metabolism.
- Hafnium metal is highly reactive, hence not found free in nature.
- Hafnium metal as predicated after Mendeleev finished his periodic table.
Sources
Mining
By-product Zirconium Refining
Who Discovered
Carl Gustaf Mosander
Dirk Coster and George de Hevesy
Discovery
In 1842
In 1922
Abundance In Earth's Crust