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Facts About Vanadium and Nobelium


Facts About Nobelium and Vanadium


Facts

Interesting Facts
  • Vanadium is a highly reactive metal, hence it is not found free in nature.
  • Vanadium can be found in almost 65 different types of minerals.
  
  • The most stable isotope of Nobelium metal is No-259.
  • No-259 has a half-life of fifty-eight minutes.
  

Sources
Found As a By-product, Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals   
Bombarding Curium-246 or Curium-249 with Carbon-12 Nuclei, Found in Minerals, Mining   

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Andrés Manuel del Río   
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research   

Discovery
In 1801   
In 1966   

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
1 * 10-4 %   
10
Not Available   

Abundance In Sun
~0.00004 %   
13
~-9999 %   

Abundance In Meteorites
0.01 %   
14
Not Available   

Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.02 %   
12
Not Available   

Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %   
14
Not Available   

Abundance In Humans
0.00 %   
16
Not Available   

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