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Facts About Uranium and Rubidium


Facts About Rubidium 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.
  
  • Rubidium metal is 16th most common element found in the earth crust.
  • Rubidium metal also found in minerals as well as seawater.
  

Sources
Earth's crust, Mining, Ores of Minerals   
Obtained from Lithium Production.   

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Not Available   
Robert Bunsen and Gustav Kirchhoff   

Discovery
In 1789   
In 1861   

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
2 * 10-8 %   
29
1 * 10-6 %   
16

Abundance In Sun
~0.0000001 %   
26
~0.000003 %   
17

Abundance In Meteorites
0.00 %   
99+
0.00 %   
19

Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.00 %   
36
0.01 %   
18

Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %   
11
0.00 %   
7

Abundance In Humans
Not Available   
0.00 %   
7

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