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Facts About Potassium and Aluminium


Facts About Aluminium and Potassium


Facts

Interesting Facts
  • In the list of most abundant element Potassium is ranked 7th.
  • Potassium can easily be sliced (chopped) down using knife.
  
  • 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
Found in Minerals, Mining   
By Electrolysis Process, Earth's crust, Mining   

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Humphry Davy   
Hans Christian Oersted   

Discovery
In 1807   
In 1825   

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
3 * 10-4 %   
9
5 * 10-3 %   
5

Abundance In Sun
~0.0004 %   
9
~0.006 %   
5

Abundance In Meteorites
0.07 %   
9
0.91 %   
5

Abundance In Earth's Crust
1.50 %   
6
8.10 %   
1

Abundance In Oceans
0.04 %   
3
0.00 %   
6

Abundance In Humans
0.20 %   
2
0.00 %   
10

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