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Facts About Gallium and Copper


Facts About Copper and Gallium


Facts

Interesting Facts
  • A gram of Gallium metal can be bought for only three dollars.
  • Gallium metal found in ores of following things Coal, Bauxite, Diaspore, Sphalerite, Germanite and Zinc.
  
  • 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
Earth's crust, Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals   
Found in Minerals   

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Lecoq de Boisbaudran   
Unknown   

Discovery
In 1875   
In Middle East (9000 BCE)   

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
1 * 10-6 %   
16
6 * 10-6 %   
12

Abundance In Sun
~0.000004 %   
16
~0.00007 %   
12

Abundance In Meteorites
0.00 %   
16
0.01 %   
13

Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.00 %   
24
0.01 %   
17

Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %   
22
0.00 %   
8

Abundance In Humans
Not Available   
0.00 %   
9

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