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Facts About Niobium and Rubidium


Facts About Rubidium and Niobium


Facts

Interesting Facts
  • Niobium metal was used to get called Columbium in past.
  • Niobium metal found freely in nature (abundance).
  
  • Rubidium metal is 16th most common element found in the earth crust.
  • Rubidium metal also found in minerals as well as seawater.
  

Sources
By-product of Tin Extraction, Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals   
Obtained from Lithium Production.   

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Charles Hatchett   
Robert Bunsen and Gustav Kirchhoff   

Discovery
In 1801   
In 1861   

Abundance
  
  

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

Abundance In Sun
~0.0000004 %   
23
~0.000003 %   
17

Abundance In Meteorites
0.00 %   
35
0.00 %   
19

Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.00 %   
25
0.01 %   
18

Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %   
34
0.00 %   
7

Abundance In Humans
Not Available   
0.00 %   
7

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