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Facts About Uranium and Technetium


Facts About Technetium 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.
  
  • Original name of Technetium was Masurium.
  • At the time of its discovery it found in sample of Molybdenum.
  

Sources
Earth's crust, Mining, Ores of Minerals   
Made by Bombarding Molybdenum with Deuterons   

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Not Available   
Emilio Segrè and Carlo Perriero   

Discovery
In 1789   
In 1937   

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
2 * 10-8 %   
29
Not Available   

Abundance In Sun
~0.0000001 %   
26
~-9999 %   

Abundance In Meteorites
0.00 %   
99+
Not Available   

Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.00 %   
36
Not Available   

Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %   
11
Not Available   

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