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Facts About Rubidium and Molybdenum


Facts About Molybdenum and Rubidium


Facts

Interesting Facts
  • Rubidium metal is 16th most common element found in the earth crust.
  • Rubidium metal also found in minerals as well as seawater.
  
  • Molybdenum is highly reactive metal, hence not found free in nature .
  • Till 18th century Molybdenum element were often mistaken as a carbon or Lead.
  

Sources
Obtained from Lithium Production.   
Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals   

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Robert Bunsen and Gustav Kirchhoff   
Carl Wilhelm Scheele   

Discovery
In 1861   
In 1778   

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
1 * 10-6 %   
16
5 * 10-7 %   
19

Abundance In Sun
~0.000003 %   
17
~0.0000009 %   
19

Abundance In Meteorites
0.00 %   
19
0.00 %   
24

Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.01 %   
18
0.00 %   
39

Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %   
7
0.00 %   
9

Abundance In Humans
0.00 %   
7
0.00 %   
14

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