Facts About Potassium and Rutherfordium
Facts
Interesting Facts
- In the list of most abundant element Potassium is ranked 7th.
- Potassium can easily be sliced (chopped) down using knife.
- Rutherfordium does not occur in nature as it is a synthetic element.
- Till date Rutherfordium metal has 15 radioisotopes created synthetically.
Sources
Found in Minerals, Mining
Bombarding Plutonium with Accelerated 113 to 115 MeV Neon Ions, Synthetically Produced
History
Who Discovered
Humphry Davy
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
Discovery
In 1807
In 1964
Abundance
Abundance In Universe
3 * 10-4 %
9
Not Available
Abundance In Sun
~0.0004 %
9
~-9999 %
Abundance In Meteorites
0.07 %
9
Not Available
Abundance In Earth's Crust
1.50 %
6
Not Available
Abundance In Oceans
0.04 %
3
Not Available
Abundance In Humans
0.20 %
2
Not Available
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