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Facts About Ruthenium and Aluminium


Facts About Aluminium and Ruthenium


Facts

Interesting Facts
  • Ruthenium element has been extracted from used nuclear fuel.
  • Ruthenium metal also produces as a by-product of the Nickel mining.
  
  • Aluminum’s abundance percentage is more as it is found in more than 260 minerals.
  • Pure Aluminum always reacts with oxygen rapidly.
  • It is a good conductor of heat and electricity and used in transmission lines.
  

Sources
By-product of Nickel Refining, Found in Minerals, Mining   
By Electrolysis Process, Earth's crust, Mining   

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Karl Ernst Claus   
Hans Christian Oersted   

Discovery
In 1844   
In 1825   

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
4 * 10-7 %   
20
5 * 10-3 %   
5

Abundance In Sun
~0.0000005 %   
22
~0.006 %   
5

Abundance In Meteorites
0.00 %   
26
0.91 %   
5

Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.00 %   
99+
8.10 %   
1

Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %   
38
0.00 %   
6

Abundance In Humans
Not Available   
0.00 %   
10

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