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Facts About Indium and Thulium


Facts About Thulium 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.
  
  • Thulium metal can resist corrosion due to dry air .
  • Only Tm-169 isotope of Thulium metal occur naturally.
  

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

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Ferdinand Reich and Hieronymous Theodor Richter   
Per Teodor Cleve   

Discovery
In 1863   
In 1879   

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
3 * 10-8 %   
28
1 * 10-8 %   
30

Abundance In Sun
~0.0000004 %   
23
~0.00000002 %   
28

Abundance In Meteorites
0.00 %   
99+
0.00 %   
99+

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

Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %   
99+
0.00 %   
99+

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