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Facts About Uranium and Copper


Facts About Copper and Uranium


Facts

Interesting Facts
  • Major mining countries of Uranium include Russia, Australia, Namibia, Canada and Niger and total 33% Uranium are mine in Kazakhstan.
  
  • 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
Earth's crust, Mining, Ores of Minerals   
Found in Minerals   

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Not Available   
Unknown   

Discovery
In 1789   
In Middle East (9000 BCE)   

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
2 * 10-8 %   
29
6 * 10-6 %   
12

Abundance In Sun
~0.0000001 %   
26
~0.00007 %   
12

Abundance In Meteorites
0.00 %   
99+
0.01 %   
13

Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.00 %   
36
0.01 %   
17

Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %   
11
0.00 %   
8

Abundance In Humans
Not Available   
0.00 %   
9

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