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Facts About Rhodium and Rubidium


Facts About Rubidium and Rhodium


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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.
  
  • Rubidium metal is 16th most common element found in the earth crust.
  • Rubidium metal also found in minerals as well as seawater.
  

Sources
Earth's crust, Found As a By-product, Found in Minerals, Mining   
Obtained from Lithium Production.   

History
  
  

Who Discovered
William Hyde Wollaston   
Robert Bunsen and Gustav Kirchhoff   

Discovery
In 1804   
In 1861   

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
6 * 10-8 %   
26
1 * 10-6 %   
16

Abundance In Sun
~0.0000002 %   
25
~0.000003 %   
17

Abundance In Meteorites
0.00 %   
36
0.00 %   
19

Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.00 %   
99+
0.01 %   
18

Abundance In Oceans
Not Available   
0.00 %   
7

Abundance In Humans
Not Available   
0.00 %   
7

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