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Facts About Manganese and Molybdenum


Facts About Molybdenum and Manganese


Facts

Interesting Facts
  • Manganese is an essential trace element in all forms of life.
  • Manganese metal oxidizes very easily, but it does not fuse that easily.
  
  • Molybdenum is highly reactive metal, hence not found free in nature .
  • Till 18th century Molybdenum element were often mistaken as a carbon or Lead.
  

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

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Johann Gottlieb Gahn   
Carl Wilhelm Scheele   

Discovery
In 1774   
In 1778   

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
8 * 10-4 %   
8
5 * 10-7 %   
19

Abundance In Sun
~0.001 %   
8
~0.0000009 %   
19

Abundance In Meteorites
0.27 %   
8
0.00 %   
24

Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.11 %   
8
0.00 %   
39

Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %   
13
0.00 %   
9

Abundance In Humans
0.00 %   
13
0.00 %   
14

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