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Facts About Hafnium and Uranium


Facts About Uranium 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.
  
  • Major mining countries of Uranium include Russia, Australia, Namibia, Canada and Niger and total 33% Uranium are mine in Kazakhstan.
  

Sources
By-product Zirconium Refining   
Earth's crust, Mining, Ores of Minerals   

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Dirk Coster and George de Hevesy   
Not Available   

Discovery
In 1922   
In 1789   

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
7 * 10-8 %   
25
2 * 10-8 %   
29

Abundance In Sun
~0.0000001 %   
26
~0.0000001 %   
26

Abundance In Meteorites
0.00 %   
37
0.00 %   
99+

Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.00 %   
31
0.00 %   
36

Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %   
27
0.00 %   
11

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