Facts About Scandium and Hafnium
Interesting Facts
- Scandium is known as one of the rare earth elements.
- Scandium metal found in rare minerals called Wolframite .
- Hafnium metal is highly reactive, hence not found free in nature.
- Hafnium metal as predicated after Mendeleev finished his periodic table.
Sources
Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of metals, Ores of Minerals
By-product Zirconium Refining
Who Discovered
Lars Fredrik Nilson
Dirk Coster and George de Hevesy
Discovery
In 1879
In 1922
Abundance In Earth's Crust