Facts About Hafnium and Lead
Facts
Interesting Facts
- Hafnium metal is highly reactive, hence not found free in nature.
- Hafnium metal as predicated after Mendeleev finished his periodic table.
- Galena mineral contains almost 87% of Lead metal in it, Galena is sulfide mineral.
- The best available source of Lead metal today is by recycling automobile batteries.
Sources
By-product Zirconium Refining
Earth's crust, Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of metals, Ores of Minerals
History
Who Discovered
Dirk Coster and George de Hevesy
Unknown
Discovery
In 1922
In Middle Easterns (7000 BCE)
Abundance
Abundance In Universe
7 * 10-8 %
25
1 * 10-6 %
16
Abundance In Sun
~0.0000001 %
26
~0.000001 %
18
Abundance In Meteorites
0.00 %
37
0.00 %
23
Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.00 %
31
0.00 %
26
Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %
27
0.00 %
22
Abundance In Humans
Not Available
0.00 %
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