Facts About Thulium and Technetium
Interesting Facts
- Thulium metal can resist corrosion due to dry air .
- Only Tm-169 isotope of Thulium metal occur naturally.
- Original name of Technetium was Masurium.
- At the time of its discovery it found in sample of Molybdenum.
Sources
Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals
Made by Bombarding Molybdenum with Deuterons
Who Discovered
Per Teodor Cleve
Emilio Segrè and Carlo Perriero
Discovery
In 1879
In 1937
Abundance In Meteorites
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Abundance In Earth's Crust