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Facts About Platinum and Rubidium


Facts About Rubidium 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.
  
  • Rubidium metal is 16th most common element found in the earth crust.
  • Rubidium metal also found in minerals as well as seawater.
  

Sources
Mining, Ores of metals, Ores of Minerals   
Obtained from Lithium Production.   

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Antonio de Ulloa   
Robert Bunsen and Gustav Kirchhoff   

Discovery
In 1735   
In 1861   

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
5 * 10-7 %   
19
1 * 10-6 %   
16

Abundance In Sun
~0.0000009 %   
19
~0.000003 %   
17

Abundance In Meteorites
0.00 %   
25
0.00 %   
19

Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.00 %   
99+
0.01 %   
18

Abundance In Oceans
Not Available   
0.00 %   
7

Abundance In Humans
Not Available   
0.00 %   
7

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