Facts About Silver and Hafnium
Interesting Facts
- It is the most reflective element.
- Silver is the second most ductile metal after Gold.
- It is also used in Dentistry as a dental alloys for clips and crowning.
- Hafnium metal is highly reactive, hence not found free in nature.
- Hafnium metal as predicated after Mendeleev finished his periodic table.
Sources
Earth's crust, Found in Minerals, Ores of metals
By-product Zirconium Refining
Who Discovered
Unknown
Dirk Coster and George de Hevesy
Discovery
Before 5000 BC
In 1922
Abundance In Earth's Crust