Facts About Ruthenium and Hafnium
Interesting Facts
- Ruthenium element has been extracted from used nuclear fuel.
- Ruthenium metal also produces as a by-product of the Nickel mining.
- Hafnium metal is highly reactive, hence not found free in nature.
- Hafnium metal as predicated after Mendeleev finished his periodic table.
Sources
By-product of Nickel Refining, Found in Minerals, Mining
By-product Zirconium Refining
Who Discovered
Karl Ernst Claus
Dirk Coster and George de Hevesy
Discovery
In 1844
In 1922
Abundance In Earth's Crust