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Facts About Neptunium and Hafnium


Facts About Hafnium and Neptunium


Facts

Interesting Facts
Not Available   
  • Hafnium metal is highly reactive, hence not found free in nature.
  • Hafnium metal as predicated after Mendeleev finished his periodic table.
  

Sources
Made by Bombarding Uranium with Neutrons, Ores of metals   
By-product Zirconium Refining   

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Edwin McMillan and Philip H. Abelson   
Dirk Coster and George de Hevesy   

Discovery
In 1940   
In 1922   

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
Not Available   
7 * 10-8 %   
25

Abundance In Sun
~-9999 %   
~0.0000001 %   
26

Abundance In Meteorites
Not Available   
0.00 %   
37

Abundance In Earth's Crust
Not Available   
0.00 %   
31

Abundance In Oceans
Not Available   
0.00 %   
27

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