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Facts About Lead and Potassium


Facts About Potassium and Lead


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.
  
  • In the list of most abundant element Potassium is ranked 7th.
  • Potassium can easily be sliced (chopped) down using knife.
  

Sources
Earth's crust, Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of metals, Ores of Minerals   
Found in Minerals, Mining   

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Unknown   
Humphry Davy   

Discovery
In Middle Easterns (7000 BCE)   
In 1807   

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
1 * 10-6 %   
16
3 * 10-4 %   
9

Abundance In Sun
~0.000001 %   
18
~0.0004 %   
9

Abundance In Meteorites
0.00 %   
23
0.07 %   
9

Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.00 %   
26
1.50 %   
6

Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %   
22
0.04 %   
3

Abundance In Humans
0.00 %   
8
0.20 %   
2

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