Facts About Niobium and Neodymium
Interesting Facts
- Niobium metal was used to get called Columbium in past.
- Niobium metal found freely in nature (abundance).
- Neodymium is not found free in nature, hence it is not a native metal.
- Neodymium metal found in minerals like Monazite and Bastnaesite.
Sources
By-product of Tin Extraction, Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals
Found in Minerals, Mining
Who Discovered
Charles Hatchett
Carl Auer von Welsbach
Discovery
In 1801
In 1885
Abundance In Earth's Crust