Facts About Hafnium and Thorium
Interesting Facts
- Hafnium metal is highly reactive, hence not found free in nature.
- Hafnium metal as predicated after Mendeleev finished his periodic table.
- Thorium metal is used as an alternate option over Uranium for nuclear fuel.
- Thorium metals appearance (silvery white, soft) is somewhat similar to Lead metal.
Sources
By-product Zirconium Refining
Found in Minerals, Mining
Who Discovered
Dirk Coster and George de Hevesy
Jöns Jakob Berzelius
Discovery
In 1922
In 1829
Abundance In Earth's Crust