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Facts About Lead and Tin


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Facts About Tin 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 Tin is ranked 49th.
  • Tin metal does not react with water as well as does not corrode in it.
  

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

History
  
  

Discovery
In Middle Easterns (7000 BCE)   
Before 3500 BC   

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
1 * 10-6 %   
16
4 * 10-7 %   
20

Abundance In Sun
~0.000001 %   
18
~0.0000009 %   
19

Abundance In Meteorites
0.00 %   
23
0.00 %   
24

Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.00 %   
26
0.00 %   
34

Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %   
22
0.00 %   
26

Abundance In Humans
0.00 %   
8
0.00 %   
13

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