Facts About Ruthenium and Seaborgium
Interesting Facts
- Ruthenium element has been extracted from used nuclear fuel.
- Ruthenium metal also produces as a by-product of the Nickel mining.
- Seaborgium most stable isotope is Sg and it has 2.1 min of half- life.
- And other isotopes of Seaborgium have half-lives as short as 3 ms.
Sources
By-product of Nickel Refining, Found in Minerals, Mining
Synthetically Produced
Who Discovered
Karl Ernst Claus
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Discovery
In 1844
In 1974
Abundance In Universe
Not Available
Abundance In Sun
~-9999 %
Abundance In Meteorites
Not Available
Abundance In Earth's Crust
Not Available
Abundance In Oceans
Not Available