Facts About Mercury and Plutonium
Interesting Facts
- At room temperature mercury is found in a liquid state.
- A coin of pound or rupees floats in mercury.
- Because of its low melting point and boiling point it is used in thermometers.
- Plutonium metal if obtain from ores of uranium metal.
- Plutonium metal is very sensitive to the change in atmospheric conditions like temperature and pressure.
Sources
Mining, Ores of Minerals
Mining, Ores of metals
Who Discovered
Ancient Chinese and Indians
Glenn T. Seaborg, Arthur Wahl, Joseph W. Kennedy, Edwin McMillan
Discovery
Before 2000 BCE
In Between 1940 1941
Abundance In Meteorites
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Abundance In Earth's Crust