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Facts About Hafnium and Potassium


Facts About Potassium 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.
  
  • In the list of most abundant element Potassium is ranked 7th.
  • Potassium can easily be sliced (chopped) down using knife.
  

Sources
By-product Zirconium Refining   
Found in Minerals, Mining   

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Dirk Coster and George de Hevesy   
Humphry Davy   

Discovery
In 1922   
In 1807   

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
7 * 10-8 %   
25
3 * 10-4 %   
9

Abundance In Sun
~0.0000001 %   
26
~0.0004 %   
9

Abundance In Meteorites
0.00 %   
37
0.07 %   
9

Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.00 %   
31
1.50 %   
6

Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %   
27
0.04 %   
3

Abundance In Humans
Not Available   
0.20 %   
2

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