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Facts About Gadolinium and Copper


Facts About Copper and Gadolinium


Facts

Interesting Facts
  • Gadolinium is not found free in nature, hence it is not a native metal.
  • Gadolinium metal found in minerals like Monazite and Bastnaesite.
  
  • 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.
  

Sources
Found in Minerals, Mining   
Found in Minerals   

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac   
Unknown   

Discovery
In 1880   
In Middle East (9000 BCE)   

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
2 * 10-7 %   
22
6 * 10-6 %   
12

Abundance In Sun
~0.0000002 %   
25
~0.00007 %   
12

Abundance In Meteorites
0.00 %   
34
0.01 %   
13

Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.00 %   
30
0.01 %   
17

Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %   
38
0.00 %   
8

Abundance In Humans
Not Available   
0.00 %   
9

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