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Facts About Scandium and Rhodium


Facts About Rhodium and Scandium


Facts

Interesting Facts
  • Scandium is known as one of the rare earth elements.
  • Scandium metal found in rare minerals called Wolframite .
  
  • Rhodium is the rarest element out of all non-radioactive metals on the earth .
  • Rhodium is one of the most durable and hard metal, which also have high reflectance.
  

Sources
Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of metals, Ores of Minerals   
Earth's crust, Found As a By-product, Found in Minerals, Mining   

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Lars Fredrik Nilson   
William Hyde Wollaston   

Discovery
In 1879   
In 1804   

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
3 * 10-6 %   
15
6 * 10-8 %   
26

Abundance In Sun
~0.000004 %   
16
~0.0000002 %   
25

Abundance In Meteorites
0.00 %   
18
0.00 %   
36

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

Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %   
32
Not Available   

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