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Facts About Uranium and Scandium


Facts About Scandium and Uranium


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Interesting Facts
  • Major mining countries of Uranium include Russia, Australia, Namibia, Canada and Niger and total 33% Uranium are mine in Kazakhstan.
  
  • Scandium is known as one of the rare earth elements.
  • Scandium metal found in rare minerals called Wolframite .
  

Sources
Earth's crust, Mining, Ores of Minerals   
Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of metals, Ores of Minerals   

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Not Available   
Lars Fredrik Nilson   

Discovery
In 1789   
In 1879   

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
2 * 10-8 %   
29
3 * 10-6 %   
15

Abundance In Sun
~0.0000001 %   
26
~0.000004 %   
16

Abundance In Meteorites
0.00 %   
99+
0.00 %   
18

Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.00 %   
36
0.00 %   
23

Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %   
11
0.00 %   
32

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