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Facts About Gadolinium and Iron


Facts About Iron 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.
  
  • Iron is not always magnetic in nature, its allotrope are ferromagnetic and the B allotrope is nonmagnetic.
  • The blood consists Iron in hemoglobin molecules to transfer Oxygen in the body.
  

Sources
Found in Minerals, Mining   
Earth's crust, Found in Minerals   

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac   
Unknown   

Discovery
In 1880   
Before 5000 BC   

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
2 * 10-7 %   
22
1.1 * 10-1 %   
1

Abundance In Sun
~0.0000002 %   
25
~0.1 %   
1

Abundance In Meteorites
0.00 %   
34
22.00 %   
1

Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.00 %   
30
6.30 %   
2

Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %   
38
0.00 %   
12

Abundance In Humans
Not Available   
0.01 %   
5

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