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Facts About Promethium and Niobium


Facts About Niobium and Promethium


Facts

Interesting Facts
  • Promethium metal found in Pitchblende.
  • Promethium metal is highly radioactive metal.
  
  • Niobium metal was used to get called Columbium in past.
  • Niobium metal found freely in nature (abundance).
  

Sources
Found in Minerals, Mining   
By-product of Tin Extraction, Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals   

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Chien Shiung Wu, Emilio Segrè, Hans Bethe   
Charles Hatchett   

Discovery
In 1942   
In 1801   

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
Not Available   
2 * 10-7 %   
22

Abundance In Sun
~-9999 %   
~0.0000004 %   
23

Abundance In Meteorites
Not Available   
0.00 %   
35

Abundance In Earth's Crust
Not Available   
0.00 %   
25

Abundance In Oceans
Not Available   
0.00 %   
34

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