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Facts About Magnesium and Lead


Facts About Lead and Magnesium


Facts

Interesting Facts
  • Magnesium ions are present in every chlorophyll of every green plant .
  • Controlling Magnesium fire by pouring water on it will result in explosions.
  
  • 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.
  

Sources
By Electrolysis Process, In Ocean, Mining   
Earth's crust, Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of metals, Ores of Minerals   

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Joseph Black   
Unknown   

Discovery
In 1755   
In Middle Easterns (7000 BCE)   

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
6 * 10-2 %   
2
1 * 10-6 %   
16

Abundance In Sun
~0.07 %   
2
~0.000001 %   
18

Abundance In Meteorites
12.00 %   
2
0.00 %   
23

Abundance In Earth's Crust
2.90 %   
4
0.00 %   
26

Abundance In Oceans
0.13 %   
2
0.00 %   
22

Abundance In Humans
0.03 %   
4
0.00 %   
8

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