Facts About Nihonium and Hafnium
Interesting Facts
Nihonium is a synthetic chemical element and is highly radioactive.
- Hafnium metal is highly reactive, hence not found free in nature.
- Hafnium metal as predicated after Mendeleev finished his periodic table.
Sources
Synthetically Produced
By-product Zirconium Refining
Who Discovered
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Dirk Coster and George de Hevesy
Discovery
In 2003
In 1922
Abundance In Meteorites
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Abundance In Earth's Crust
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