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Facts About Yttrium and Scandium


Facts About Scandium and Yttrium


Facts

Interesting Facts
  • Yttrium Metal is highly toxic.
  • Yttrium Metal is highly reactive in nature hence not found free in nature.
  
  • Scandium is known as one of the rare earth elements.
  • Scandium metal found in rare minerals called Wolframite .
  

Sources
Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals   
Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of metals, Ores of Minerals   

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Johan Gadolin   
Lars Fredrik Nilson   

Discovery
In 1794   
In 1879   

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
7 * 10-7 %   
17
3 * 10-6 %   
15

Abundance In Sun
~0.0000001 %   
26
~0.000004 %   
16

Abundance In Meteorites
0.00 %   
21
0.00 %   
18

Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.00 %   
22
0.00 %   
23

Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %   
25
0.00 %   
32

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