Facts About Lead and Thorium
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.
- Thorium metal is used as an alternate option over Uranium for nuclear fuel.
- Thorium metals appearance (silvery white, soft) is somewhat similar to Lead metal.
Sources
Earth's crust, Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of metals, Ores of Minerals
Found in Minerals, Mining
History
Who Discovered
Unknown
Jöns Jakob Berzelius
Discovery
In Middle Easterns (7000 BCE)
In 1829
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
0.05 %
11
Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.00 %
26
0.66 %
7
Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %
22
0.00 %
15
Abundance In Humans
0.00 %
8
Not Available
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