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Facts About Manganese and Scandium


Facts About Scandium 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.
  
  • 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
Johann Gottlieb Gahn   
Lars Fredrik Nilson   

Discovery
In 1774   
In 1879   

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
8 * 10-4 %   
8
3 * 10-6 %   
15

Abundance In Sun
~0.001 %   
8
~0.000004 %   
16

Abundance In Meteorites
0.27 %   
8
0.00 %   
18

Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.11 %   
8
0.00 %   
23

Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %   
13
0.00 %   
32

Abundance In Humans
0.00 %   
13
Not Available   

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