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Facts About Gold and Nickel


Facts About Nickel and Gold


Facts

Interesting Facts
  • It is found in copper ores and from the crust of the earth.
  • It is the most malleable and ductile metal.
  • Gold alloys are used in Dentistry as fillings, crowning, clips, etc. It is also used as an artificial limb joints.
  
  • Zinc metal found (obtain) in many forms like granules, foil, dust and in a powder form.
  • After iron, Zinc metal the second most abundant element in the earth crust.
  

Sources
Earth's crust, Mining, Ores of metals   
Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals   

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Unknown   
Axel Fredrik Cronstedt   

Discovery
Before 6000 BCE   
In 1751   

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
6 * 10-8 %   
26
6 * 10-3 %   
4

Abundance In Sun
~0.0000001 %   
26
~0.008 %   
3

Abundance In Meteorites
0.00 %   
99+
1.30 %   
3

Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.00 %   
99+
0.01 %   
15

Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %   
21
0.00 %   
13

Abundance In Humans
0.00 %   
18
0.00 %   
14

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