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Facts About Ruthenium and Iron


Facts About Iron 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.
  
  • Iron is not always magnetic in nature, its allotrope are ferromagnetic and the B allotrope is nonmagnetic.
  • The blood consists Iron in hemoglobin molecules to transfer Oxygen in the body.
  

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

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Karl Ernst Claus   
Unknown   

Discovery
In 1844   
Before 5000 BC   

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
4 * 10-7 %   
20
1.1 * 10-1 %   
1

Abundance In Sun
~0.0000005 %   
22
~0.1 %   
1

Abundance In Meteorites
0.00 %   
26
22.00 %   
1

Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.00 %   
99+
6.30 %   
2

Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %   
38
0.00 %   
12

Abundance In Humans
Not Available   
0.01 %   
5

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