1 Facts
1.1 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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1.2 Sources
By-product Zirconium Refining
Made by Bombarding Uranium with Neutrons, Ores of metals
1.3 History
1.3.1 Who Discovered
Dirk Coster and George de Hevesy
Edwin McMillan and Philip H. Abelson
1.3.2 Discovery
1.4 Abundance
1.4.1 Abundance In Universe
1.4.2 Abundance In Sun
~0.0000001 %~-9999 %
1E-08
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1.4.3 Abundance In Meteorites
1.4.4 Abundance In Earth's Crust
1.4.5 Abundance In Oceans
1.4.6 Abundance In Humans