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Facts About Ruthenium and Indium


Facts About Indium 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.
  
  • Luster of Indium is bright in nature.
  • Reich and richer were looking for thallium in zinc metal and they discovered Indium metal.
  

Sources
By-product of Nickel Refining, Found in Minerals, Mining   
Mining, Ores of metals   

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Karl Ernst Claus   
Ferdinand Reich and Hieronymous Theodor Richter   

Discovery
In 1844   
In 1863   

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
4 * 10-7 %   
20
3 * 10-8 %   
28

Abundance In Sun
~0.0000005 %   
22
~0.0000004 %   
23

Abundance In Meteorites
0.00 %   
26
0.00 %   
99+

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

Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %   
38
0.00 %   
99+

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