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Facts About Rhenium and Berkelium


Facts About Berkelium and Rhenium


Facts

Interesting Facts
  • Chemical properties of Rhenium are similar to Manganese.
  • Rhenium metal is created while refining Molybdenum.
  
  • X-ray Diffraction- different compounds of Berkelium metals are identified using it.
    Commercial uses of Berkelium metal are not yet discovered.
  

Sources
Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals   
Bombarding Americium with Alpha Particles.   

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Masataka Ogawa   
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory   

Discovery
In 1908   
In 1949   

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
2 * 10-8 %   
29
Not Available   

Abundance In Sun
~0.00000001 %   
29
~-9999 %   

Abundance In Meteorites
0.00 %   
99+
Not Available   

Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.00 %   
99+
Not Available   

Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %   
34
Not Available   

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