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Facts About Scandium and Platinum


Facts About Platinum and Scandium


Facts

Interesting Facts
  • Scandium is known as one of the rare earth elements.
  • Scandium metal found in rare minerals called Wolframite .
  
  • Platinum is the rarest metal from the Precious metal categories..
  • Commercially Platinum is produced as a byproduct in ores of nickel.
  

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

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Lars Fredrik Nilson   
Antonio de Ulloa   

Discovery
In 1879   
In 1735   

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
3 * 10-6 %   
15
5 * 10-7 %   
19

Abundance In Sun
~0.000004 %   
16
~0.0000009 %   
19

Abundance In Meteorites
0.00 %   
18
0.00 %   
25

Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.00 %   
23
0.00 %   
99+

Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %   
32
Not Available   

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