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Facts About Ruthenium and Radium


Facts About Radium 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.
  
  • Radium metal is the heaviest metal of Alkaline earth metals column.
  • Radium metal is highly radioactive and does not have any stable isotopes.
  

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

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Karl Ernst Claus   
Not Available   

Discovery
In 1844   
In 1898   

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+
0.00 %   
99+

Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %   
38
0.00 %   
99+

Abundance In Humans
Not Available   
0.00 %   
20

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