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Facts About Platinum and Aluminium


Facts About Aluminium and Platinum


Facts

Interesting Facts
  • Platinum is the rarest metal from the Precious metal categories..
  • Commercially Platinum is produced as a byproduct in ores of nickel.
  
  • Aluminum’s abundance percentage is more as it is found in more than 260 minerals.
  • Pure Aluminum always reacts with oxygen rapidly.
  • It is a good conductor of heat and electricity and used in transmission lines.
  

Sources
Mining, Ores of metals, Ores of Minerals   
By Electrolysis Process, Earth's crust, Mining   

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Antonio de Ulloa   
Hans Christian Oersted   

Discovery
In 1735   
In 1825   

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
5 * 10-7 %   
19
5 * 10-3 %   
5

Abundance In Sun
~0.0000009 %   
19
~0.006 %   
5

Abundance In Meteorites
0.00 %   
25
0.91 %   
5

Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.00 %   
99+
8.10 %   
1

Abundance In Oceans
Not Available   
0.00 %   
6

Abundance In Humans
Not Available   
0.00 %   
10

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