Facts About Lead and Niobium
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.
  
- Niobium metal was used to get called Columbium in past.
- Niobium metal found freely in nature (abundance).
  
Sources
Earth's crust, Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of metals, Ores of Minerals
  
By-product of Tin Extraction, Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals
  
History
  
  
Who Discovered
Unknown
  
Charles Hatchett
  
Discovery
In Middle Easterns (7000 BCE)
  
In 1801
  
Abundance
  
  
Abundance In Sun
~0.000001 %
  
18
~0.0000004 %
  
23
Abundance In Earth's Crust
Abundance In Humans
Not Available