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Facts About Strontium and Ruthenium


Facts About Ruthenium and Strontium


Facts

Interesting Facts
  • Strontium element is softer than Calcium.
  • Silvery Strontium turns yellow, if exposed to air.
  
  • Ruthenium element has been extracted from used nuclear fuel.
  • Ruthenium metal also produces as a by-product of the Nickel mining.
  

Sources
Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals   
By-product of Nickel Refining, Found in Minerals, Mining   

History
  
  

Who Discovered
William Cruickshank   
Karl Ernst Claus   

Discovery
In 1787   
In 1844   

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
4 * 10-6 %   
14
4 * 10-7 %   
20

Abundance In Sun
~0.000005 %   
15
~0.0000005 %   
22

Abundance In Meteorites
0.00 %   
15
0.00 %   
26

Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.04 %   
10
0.00 %   
99+

Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %   
4
0.00 %   
38

Abundance In Humans
0.00 %   
7
Not Available   

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