Facts About Rhodium and Dubnium
Interesting Facts
- Rhodium is the rarest element out of all non-radioactive metals on the earth .
- Rhodium is one of the most durable and hard metal, which also have high reflectance.
- IUPAC allotted a temporary name to Dubnium metal as “ Unnilpentium”.
- In the production of Dubnium, thermal gradient chromatography is used.
Sources
Earth's crust, Found As a By-product, Found in Minerals, Mining
Produced by Bombarding Am243 with Ne22, Synthetically Produced
Who Discovered
William Hyde Wollaston
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
Discovery
In 1804
In 1968
Abundance In Universe
Not Available
Abundance In Sun
~-9999 %
Abundance In Meteorites
Not Available
Abundance In Earth's Crust
Not Available