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Facts About Hafnium and Darmstadtium


Facts About Darmstadtium and Hafnium


Facts

Interesting Facts
  • Hafnium metal is highly reactive, hence not found free in nature.
  • Hafnium metal as predicated after Mendeleev finished his periodic table.
  
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Sources
By-product Zirconium Refining   
Synthetically Produced   

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Dirk Coster and George de Hevesy   
Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung   

Discovery
In 1922   
In 1994   

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
7 * 10-8 %   
25
Not Available   

Abundance In Sun
~0.0000001 %   
26
~-9999 %   

Abundance In Meteorites
0.00 %   
37
Not Available   

Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.00 %   
31
Not Available   

Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %   
27
Not Available   

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