Facts About Lead and Zirconium
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.
- Zirconium metal can resist to weak acids.
- Zirconium metal reacts with oxygen and nitrogen in the atmosphere.
Sources
Earth's crust, Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of metals, Ores of Minerals
Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals
History
Who Discovered
Unknown
Martin Heinrich Klaproth
Discovery
In Middle Easterns (7000 BCE)
In 1789
Abundance
Abundance In Universe
1 * 10-6 %
16
5 * 10-6 %
13
Abundance In Sun
~0.000001 %
18
~0.000004 %
16
Abundance In Meteorites
0.00 %
23
0.00 %
17
Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.00 %
26
0.01 %
14
Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %
22
0.00 %
23
Abundance In Humans
0.00 %
8
0.00 %
15
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