Facts About Lead and Protactinium
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.
- Protactinium metal has 29 isotopes.
- Isotopes of Protactinium-231 used in nuclear weapon.
Sources
Earth's crust, Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of metals, Ores of Minerals
Found in Uranium Ores, Mining, Ores of metals
Who Discovered
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William Crookes
Discovery
In Middle Easterns (7000 BCE)
In 1900
Abundance In Meteorites
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Abundance In Earth's Crust