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Facts About Plutonium and Zinc


Facts About Zinc and Plutonium


Facts

Interesting Facts
  • Plutonium metal if obtain from ores of uranium metal.
  • Plutonium metal is very sensitive to the change in atmospheric conditions like temperature and pressure.
  
  • Zinc metal found (obtain) in many forms like granules, foil, dust and in a powder form.
  • The leading producers of Zinc metal are Australia, Canada, China, U.S.A and Peru.
  

Sources
Mining, Ores of metals   
Earth's crust, Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals   

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Glenn T. Seaborg, Arthur Wahl, Joseph W. Kennedy, Edwin McMillan   
Indian metallurgists   

Discovery
In Between 1940 1941   
Before 1000 BCE   

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
Not Available   
3 * 10-5 %   
11

Abundance In Sun
~-9999 %   
~0.0002 %   
10

Abundance In Meteorites
Not Available   
0.02 %   
12

Abundance In Earth's Crust
Not Available   
0.01 %   
16

Abundance In Oceans
Not Available   
0.00 %   
10

Abundance In Humans
Not Available   
0.00 %   
6

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