1 Facts
1.1 Interesting Facts
- It is synthetically produced metal.
- Radiation hazard can be produce by it.
- Hafnium metal is highly reactive, hence not found free in nature.
- Hafnium metal as predicated after Mendeleev finished his periodic table.
1.2 Sources
Bombarding Californium-252 with Boron Nuclei, Found in Minerals, Mining
By-product Zirconium Refining
1.3 History
1.3.1 Who Discovered
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
Dirk Coster and George de Hevesy
1.3.2 Discovery
1.4 Abundance
1.4.1 Abundance In Universe
1.4.2 Abundance In Sun
~-9999 %~0.0000001 %
1E-08
0.1
1.4.3 Abundance In Meteorites
1.4.4 Abundance In Earth's Crust
1.4.5 Abundance In Oceans
1.4.6 Abundance In Humans