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Facts About Hafnium and Flerovium


Facts About Flerovium 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   
NA   

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Dirk Coster and George de Hevesy   
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory   

Discovery
In 1922   
In 1999   

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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