Facts About Ruthenium and Bismuth
Interesting Facts
- Ruthenium element has been extracted from used nuclear fuel.
- Ruthenium metal also produces as a by-product of the Nickel mining.
  
- Bismuth metal is soluble and reacts with concentrated nitric acid.
- It oxides are used as a yellow pigment in paint. Bismuth chloride oxide BiClO gives a pearly texture to cosmetics.
  
Sources
By-product of Nickel Refining, Found in Minerals, Mining
  
Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals
  
History
  
  
Who Discovered
Karl Ernst Claus
  
Claude François Geoffroy
  
Discovery
In 1844
  
In 1753
  
Abundance
  
  
Abundance In Sun
~0.0000005 %
  
22
~0.000006 %
  
14
Abundance In Earth's Crust