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Facts About Strontium and Copper


Facts About Copper and Strontium


Facts

Interesting Facts
  • Strontium element is softer than Calcium.
  • Silvery Strontium turns yellow, if exposed to air.
  
  • 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 Minerals   
Found in Minerals   

History
  
  

Who Discovered
William Cruickshank   
Unknown   

Discovery
In 1787   
In Middle East (9000 BCE)   

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
4 * 10-6 %   
14
6 * 10-6 %   
12

Abundance In Sun
~0.000005 %   
15
~0.00007 %   
12

Abundance In Meteorites
0.00 %   
15
0.01 %   
13

Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.04 %   
10
0.01 %   
17

Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %   
4
0.00 %   
8

Abundance In Humans
0.00 %   
7
0.00 %   
9

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