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Facts About Indium and Scandium


Facts About Scandium and Indium


Facts

Interesting Facts
  • Luster of Indium is bright in nature.
  • Reich and richer were looking for thallium in zinc metal and they discovered Indium metal.
  
  • Scandium is known as one of the rare earth elements.
  • Scandium metal found in rare minerals called Wolframite .
  

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

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Ferdinand Reich and Hieronymous Theodor Richter   
Lars Fredrik Nilson   

Discovery
In 1863   
In 1879   

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
3 * 10-8 %   
28
3 * 10-6 %   
15

Abundance In Sun
~0.0000004 %   
23
~0.000004 %   
16

Abundance In Meteorites
0.00 %   
99+
0.00 %   
18

Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.00 %   
99+
0.00 %   
23

Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %   
99+
0.00 %   
32

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