Facts About Uranium and Ruthenium
Interesting Facts
- Major mining countries of Uranium include Russia, Australia, Namibia, Canada and Niger and total 33% Uranium are mine in Kazakhstan.
  
- Ruthenium element has been extracted from used nuclear fuel.
- Ruthenium metal also produces as a by-product of the Nickel mining.
  
Sources
Earth's crust, Mining, Ores of Minerals
  
By-product of Nickel Refining, Found in Minerals, Mining
  
History
  
  
Who Discovered
Not Available
  
Karl Ernst Claus
  
Discovery
In 1789
  
In 1844
  
Abundance
  
  
Abundance In Sun
~0.0000001 %
  
26
~0.0000005 %
  
22
Abundance In Earth's Crust