1 Facts
1.1 Interesting Facts
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- Hafnium metal is highly reactive, hence not found free in nature.
- Hafnium metal as predicated after Mendeleev finished his periodic table.
1.2 Sources
Bombarding Bi209 with Accelerated Nuclei of Fe58, Synthetically Produced
By-product Zirconium Refining
1.3 History
1.3.1 Who Discovered
Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung
Dirk Coster and George de Hevesy
1.3.2 Discovery
1.4 Abundance
1.4.1 Abundance In Universe
1.4.2 Abundance In Sun
~-9999 %~0.0000001 %
1E-08
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1.4.3 Abundance In Meteorites
1.4.4 Abundance In Earth's Crust
1.4.5 Abundance In Oceans
1.4.6 Abundance In Humans