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Facts About Hafnium and Nickel


Facts About Nickel 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.
  
  • 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
By-product Zirconium Refining   
Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals   

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Dirk Coster and George de Hevesy   
Axel Fredrik Cronstedt   

Discovery
In 1922   
In 1751   

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
7 * 10-8 %   
25
6 * 10-3 %   
4

Abundance In Sun
~0.0000001 %   
26
~0.008 %   
3

Abundance In Meteorites
0.00 %   
37
1.30 %   
3

Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.00 %   
31
0.01 %   
15

Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %   
27
0.00 %   
13

Abundance In Humans
Not Available   
0.00 %   
14

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