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Facts About Niobium and Aluminium


Facts About Aluminium and Niobium


Facts

Interesting Facts
  • Niobium metal was used to get called Columbium in past.
  • Niobium metal found freely in nature (abundance).
  
  • Aluminum’s abundance percentage is more as it is found in more than 260 minerals.
  • Pure Aluminum always reacts with oxygen rapidly.
  • It is a good conductor of heat and electricity and used in transmission lines.
  

Sources
By-product of Tin Extraction, Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals   
By Electrolysis Process, Earth's crust, Mining   

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Charles Hatchett   
Hans Christian Oersted   

Discovery
In 1801   
In 1825   

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
2 * 10-7 %   
22
5 * 10-3 %   
5

Abundance In Sun
~0.0000004 %   
23
~0.006 %   
5

Abundance In Meteorites
0.00 %   
35
0.91 %   
5

Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.00 %   
25
8.10 %   
1

Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %   
34
0.00 %   
6

Abundance In Humans
Not Available   
0.00 %   
10

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