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Facts About Nihonium and Hafnium


Facts About Hafnium and Nihonium


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
Synthetically Produced   
By-product Zirconium Refining   

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory   
Dirk Coster and George de Hevesy   

Discovery
In 2003   
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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