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Facts About Holmium and Scandium


Facts About Scandium and Holmium


Facts

Interesting Facts
  • Holmium metal is very soft and malleable.
  • Holmium metal is well known for its corrosion resistivity.
  
  • Scandium is known as one of the rare earth elements.
  • Scandium metal found in rare minerals called Wolframite .
  

Sources
Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals   
Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of metals, Ores of Minerals   

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Marc Delafontaine   
Lars Fredrik Nilson   

Discovery
In 1878   
In 1879   

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
5 * 10-8 %   
27
3 * 10-6 %   
15

Abundance In Sun
~-9999 %   
~0.000004 %   
16

Abundance In Meteorites
0.00 %   
99+
0.00 %   
18

Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.00 %   
38
0.00 %   
23

Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %   
99+
0.00 %   
32

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