Facts About Lead and Berkelium
Facts
Interesting Facts
- Galena mineral contains almost 87% of Lead metal in it, Galena is sulfide mineral.
- The best available source of Lead metal today is by recycling automobile batteries.
- X-ray Diffraction- different compounds of Berkelium metals are identified using it.
- Commercial uses of Berkelium metal are not yet discovered.
Sources
Earth's crust, Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of metals, Ores of Minerals
Bombarding Americium with Alpha Particles.
History
Who Discovered
Unknown
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Discovery
In Middle Easterns (7000 BCE)
In 1949
Abundance
Abundance In Universe
1 * 10-6 %
16
Not Available
Abundance In Sun
~0.000001 %
18
~-9999 %
Abundance In Meteorites
0.00 %
23
Not Available
Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.00 %
26
Not Available
Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %
22
Not Available
Abundance In Humans
0.00 %
8
Not Available
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