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Facts About Ruthenium and Livermorium


Facts About Livermorium 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.
  
Not Available   

Sources
By-product of Nickel Refining, Found in Minerals, Mining   
Synthetically Produced   

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Karl Ernst Claus   
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory   

Discovery
In 1844   
In 2000   

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
4 * 10-7 %   
20
Not Available   

Abundance In Sun
~0.0000005 %   
22
~-9999 %   

Abundance In Meteorites
0.00 %   
26
Not Available   

Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.00 %   
99+
Not Available   

Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %   
38
Not Available   

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