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Facts About Yttrium and Curium


Facts About Curium and Yttrium


Facts

Interesting Facts
  • Yttrium Metal is highly toxic.
  • Yttrium Metal is highly reactive in nature hence not found free in nature.
  
  • Curium metal does not occur free in nature.
  • Curium metal is a synthetically produced metal.
  

Sources
Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals   
Bombarding Plutonium with Helium Ions   

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Johan Gadolin   
Glenn T. Seaborg, Ralph A. James, Albert Ghiorso   

Discovery
In 1794   
In 1944   

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
7 * 10-7 %   
17
Not Available   

Abundance In Sun
~0.0000001 %   
26
~-9999 %   

Abundance In Meteorites
0.00 %   
21
Not Available   

Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.00 %   
22
Not Available   

Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %   
25
Not Available   

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