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Facts About Samarium and Ruthenium


Facts About Ruthenium and Samarium


Facts

Interesting Facts
  • Samarium metals helps stimulating body metabolism.
  • Samarium metals was 1st observed by Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac in Dydimia in 1853.
  
  • Ruthenium element has been extracted from used nuclear fuel.
  • Ruthenium metal also produces as a by-product of the Nickel mining.
  

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

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Lecoq de Boisbaudran   
Karl Ernst Claus   

Discovery
In 1879   
In 1844   

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
5 * 10-7 %   
19
4 * 10-7 %   
20

Abundance In Sun
~0.0000001 %   
26
~0.0000005 %   
22

Abundance In Meteorites
0.00 %   
37
0.00 %   
26

Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.00 %   
29
0.00 %   
99+

Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %   
40
0.00 %   
38

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