1 Facts
1.1 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.
- Rhodium is the rarest element out of all non-radioactive metals on the earth .
- Rhodium is one of the most durable and hard metal, which also have high reflectance.
1.2 Sources
Found As a By-product, Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals
Earth's crust, Found As a By-product, Found in Minerals, Mining
1.3 History
1.3.1 Who Discovered
Andrés Manuel del Río
William Hyde Wollaston
1.1.1 Discovery
1.3 Abundance
1.3.1 Abundance In Universe
1 * 10-4 %6 * 10-8 %
5E-09
0.11
1.5.2 Abundance In Sun
~0.00004 %~0.0000002 %
1E-08
0.1
1.5.4 Abundance In Meteorites
1.5.6 Abundance In Earth's Crust
1.5.8 Abundance In Oceans
1.5.10 Abundance In Humans