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Facts About Samarium and Thulium


Facts About Thulium 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.
  
  • Thulium metal can resist corrosion due to dry air .
  • Only Tm-169 isotope of Thulium metal occur naturally.
  

Sources
Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals   
Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals   

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Lecoq de Boisbaudran   
Per Teodor Cleve   

Discovery
In 1879   
In 1879   

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
5 * 10-7 %   
19
1 * 10-8 %   
30

Abundance In Sun
~0.0000001 %   
26
~0.00000002 %   
28

Abundance In Meteorites
0.00 %   
37
0.00 %   
99+

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

Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %   
40
0.00 %   
99+

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