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Facts About Lutetium and Iridium


Facts About Iridium and Lutetium


Facts

Interesting Facts
  • Metal dust of Lutetium element is highly explosive.
  • Lutetium metal is corrosion resistance and acts stable in air.
  
  • Iridium element occurs as natural alloys of Platinum and Osmium.
  • Iridium element is known as the most corrosion resistance metal .
  

Sources
Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals   
Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals   

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Georges Urbain and Carl Auer von Welsbach   
Smithson Tennant   

Discovery
In 1906   
In 1803   

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
1 * 10-8 %   
30
2 * 10-7 %   
22

Abundance In Sun
~0.0000001 %   
26
~0.0000002 %   
25

Abundance In Meteorites
0.00 %   
99+
0.00 %   
29

Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.00 %   
99+
0.00 %   
99+

Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %   
99+
Not Available   

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