1 Facts
1.1 Interesting Facts
- Metal dust of Lutetium element is highly explosive.
- Lutetium metal is corrosion resistance and acts stable in air.
- Molybdenum is highly reactive metal, hence not found free in nature .
- Till 18th century Molybdenum element were often mistaken as a carbon or Lead.
1.2 Sources
Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals
Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals
1.3 History
1.3.1 Who Discovered
Georges Urbain and Carl Auer von Welsbach
Carl Wilhelm Scheele
1.3.2 Discovery
1.4 Abundance
1.4.1 Abundance In Universe
1 * 10-8 %5 * 10-7 %
5E-09
0.11
1.4.4 Abundance In Sun
~0.0000001 %~0.0000009 %
1E-08
0.1
1.4.8 Abundance In Meteorites
1.4.11 Abundance In Earth's Crust
1.5.1 Abundance In Oceans
1.6.1 Abundance In Humans