Facts About Ytterbium and Hafnium
Interesting Facts
- Ytterbium metal oxidizes rapidly if exposed to air.
- Ytterbium metal can dissolve quickly in Mineral acid.
- Hafnium metal is highly reactive, hence not found free in nature.
- Hafnium metal as predicated after Mendeleev finished his periodic table.
Sources
Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals
By-product Zirconium Refining
Who Discovered
Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac
Dirk Coster and George de Hevesy
Discovery
In 1878
In 1922
Abundance In Earth's Crust