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Facts About Ruthenium and Roentgenium


Facts About Roentgenium 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   
Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung   

Discovery
In 1844   
In 1994   

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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