Facts About Lithium and Hafnium
Interesting Facts
- Heat capacity of Lithium is very high.
- Lithium inflammable and highly explosive metal, hence it has to be stored properly.
- Hafnium metal is highly reactive, hence not found free in nature.
- Hafnium metal as predicated after Mendeleev finished his periodic table.
Sources
Found in Minerals, Mining
By-product Zirconium Refining
Who Discovered
Johan August Arfwedson
Dirk Coster and George de Hevesy
Discovery
In 1817
In 1922
Abundance In Earth's Crust
Abundance In Humans
Not Available