Facts About Holmium and Ruthenium
Interesting Facts
- Holmium metal is very soft and malleable.
- Holmium metal is well known for its corrosion resistivity.
- Ruthenium element has been extracted from used nuclear fuel.
- Ruthenium metal also produces as a by-product of the Nickel mining.
Sources
Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals
By-product of Nickel Refining, Found in Minerals, Mining
Who Discovered
Marc Delafontaine
Karl Ernst Claus
Discovery
In 1878
In 1844
Abundance In Sun
~-9999 %
Abundance In Earth's Crust