Facts About Lead and Vanadium
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.
- Vanadium is a highly reactive metal, hence it is not found free in nature.
- Vanadium can be found in almost 65 different types of minerals.
Sources
Earth's crust, Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of metals, Ores of Minerals
Found As a By-product, Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals
History
Who Discovered
Unknown
Andrés Manuel del Río
Discovery
In Middle Easterns (7000 BCE)
In 1801
Abundance
Abundance In Universe
1 * 10-6 %
16
1 * 10-4 %
10
Abundance In Sun
~0.000001 %
18
~0.00004 %
13
Abundance In Meteorites
0.00 %
23
0.01 %
14
Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.00 %
26
0.02 %
12
Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %
22
0.00 %
14
Abundance In Humans
0.00 %
8
0.00 %
16
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