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Facts About Hafnium and Tin


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Facts About Tin and Hafnium


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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 Tin is ranked 49th.
  • Tin metal does not react with water as well as does not corrode in it.
  

Sources
By-product Zirconium Refining   
Found in Minerals, Mining   

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Dirk Coster and George de Hevesy   
Unknown   

Discovery
In 1922   
Before 3500 BC   

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
7 * 10-8 %   
25
4 * 10-7 %   
20

Abundance In Sun
~0.0000001 %   
26
~0.0000009 %   
19

Abundance In Meteorites
0.00 %   
37
0.00 %   
24

Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.00 %   
31
0.00 %   
34

Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %   
27
0.00 %   
26

Abundance In Humans
Not Available   
0.00 %   
13

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