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Facts About Scandium and Copper


Facts About Copper and Scandium


Facts

Interesting Facts
  • Scandium is known as one of the rare earth elements.
  • Scandium metal found in rare minerals called Wolframite .
  
  • Copper rarely found in its pure form in nature.
  • Copper Sulfate is mostly used in agricultural poison and as an algicide in water purification system.
  

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

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Lars Fredrik Nilson   
Unknown   

Discovery
In 1879   
In Middle East (9000 BCE)   

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
3 * 10-6 %   
15
6 * 10-6 %   
12

Abundance In Sun
~0.000004 %   
16
~0.00007 %   
12

Abundance In Meteorites
0.00 %   
18
0.01 %   
13

Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.00 %   
23
0.01 %   
17

Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %   
32
0.00 %   
8

Abundance In Humans
Not Available   
0.00 %   
9

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