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Facts About Niobium and Platinum


Facts About Platinum and Niobium


Facts

Interesting Facts
  • Niobium metal was used to get called Columbium in past.
  • Niobium metal found freely in nature (abundance).
  
  • Platinum is the rarest metal from the Precious metal categories..
  • Commercially Platinum is produced as a byproduct in ores of nickel.
  

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

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Charles Hatchett   
Antonio de Ulloa   

Discovery
In 1801   
In 1735   

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
2 * 10-7 %   
22
5 * 10-7 %   
19

Abundance In Sun
~0.0000004 %   
23
~0.0000009 %   
19

Abundance In Meteorites
0.00 %   
35
0.00 %   
25

Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.00 %   
25
0.00 %   
99+

Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %   
34
Not Available   

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