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Facts About Niobium and Lead


Facts About Lead and Niobium


Facts

Interesting Facts
  • Niobium metal was used to get called Columbium in past.
  • Niobium metal found freely in nature (abundance).
  
  • Galena mineral contains almost 87% of Lead metal in it, Galena is sulfide mineral.
  • The best available source of Lead metal today is by recycling automobile batteries.
  

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

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Charles Hatchett   
Unknown   

Discovery
In 1801   
In Middle Easterns (7000 BCE)   

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
2 * 10-7 %   
22
1 * 10-6 %   
16

Abundance In Sun
~0.0000004 %   
23
~0.000001 %   
18

Abundance In Meteorites
0.00 %   
35
0.00 %   
23

Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.00 %   
25
0.00 %   
26

Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %   
34
0.00 %   
22

Abundance In Humans
Not Available   
0.00 %   
8

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