Facts About Hafnium and Tantalum
Interesting Facts
- Hafnium metal is highly reactive, hence not found free in nature.
- Hafnium metal as predicated after Mendeleev finished his periodic table.
- Tantalum metal is known as corrosion resistance.
- Tantalum metal can easily fabricated and It is a good conductor of heat and electricity.
Sources
By-product Zirconium Refining
Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals
Who Discovered
Dirk Coster and George de Hevesy
Anders Gustaf Ekeberg
Discovery
In 1922
In 1802
Abundance In Sun
~-9999 %
Abundance In Earth's Crust