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Facts About Platinum and Fermium


Facts About Fermium 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.
  
  • Fermium metal is highly radioactive in nature.
  • Fermium is synthetically produced metal.
  

Sources
Mining, Ores of metals, Ores of Minerals   
Bombarding Pu-239 with Neutrons   

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Antonio de Ulloa   
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory   

Discovery
In 1735   
In 1952   

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
5 * 10-7 %   
19
Not Available   

Abundance In Sun
~0.0000009 %   
19
~-9999 %   

Abundance In Meteorites
0.00 %   
25
Not Available   

Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.00 %   
99+
Not Available   

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