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Facts About Niobium and Copper


Facts About Copper and Niobium


Facts

Interesting Facts
  • Niobium metal was used to get called Columbium in past.
  • Niobium metal found freely in nature (abundance).
  
  • Copper rarely found in its pure form in nature.
  • Copper Sulfate is mostly used in agricultural poison and as an algicide in water purification system.
  

Sources
By-product of Tin Extraction, Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals   
Found in Minerals   

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Charles Hatchett   
Unknown   

Discovery
In 1801   
In Middle East (9000 BCE)   

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
2 * 10-7 %   
22
6 * 10-6 %   
12

Abundance In Sun
~0.0000004 %   
23
~0.00007 %   
12

Abundance In Meteorites
0.00 %   
35
0.01 %   
13

Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.00 %   
25
0.01 %   
17

Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %   
34
0.00 %   
8

Abundance In Humans
Not Available   
0.00 %   
9

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