Facts About Terbium and Hafnium
Interesting Facts
- At times Terbium metal acts same as Calcium.
- Terbium metal closely similar to Lanthanum metal.
- Hafnium metal is highly reactive, hence not found free in nature.
- Hafnium metal as predicated after Mendeleev finished his periodic table.
Sources
Found in Minerals, Found with Other Rare Earth Metals, Mining, Ores of Minerals
By-product Zirconium Refining
Who Discovered
Carl Gustaf Mosander
Dirk Coster and George de Hevesy
Discovery
In 1842
In 1922
Abundance In Earth's Crust