Facts About Gadolinium and Hafnium
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.
- Hafnium metal is highly reactive, hence not found free in nature.
- Hafnium metal as predicated after Mendeleev finished his periodic table.
Sources
Found in Minerals, Mining
By-product Zirconium Refining
Who Discovered
Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac
Dirk Coster and George de Hevesy
Discovery
In 1880
In 1922
Abundance In Earth's Crust