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Facts About Lutetium and Scandium


Facts About Scandium and Lutetium


Facts

Interesting Facts
  • Metal dust of Lutetium element is highly explosive.
  • Lutetium metal is corrosion resistance and acts stable in air.
  
  • Scandium is known as one of the rare earth elements.
  • Scandium metal found in rare minerals called Wolframite .
  

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

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Georges Urbain and Carl Auer von Welsbach   
Lars Fredrik Nilson   

Discovery
In 1906   
In 1879   

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
1 * 10-8 %   
30
3 * 10-6 %   
15

Abundance In Sun
~0.0000001 %   
26
~0.000004 %   
16

Abundance In Meteorites
0.00 %   
99+
0.00 %   
18

Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.00 %   
99+
0.00 %   
23

Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %   
99+
0.00 %   
32

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