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Facts About Yttrium and Thulium


Facts About Thulium and Yttrium


Facts

Interesting Facts
  • Yttrium Metal is highly toxic.
  • Yttrium Metal is highly reactive in nature hence not found free in nature.
  
  • Thulium metal can resist corrosion due to dry air .
  • Only Tm-169 isotope of Thulium metal occur naturally.
  

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

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Johan Gadolin   
Per Teodor Cleve   

Discovery
In 1794   
In 1879   

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
7 * 10-7 %   
17
1 * 10-8 %   
30

Abundance In Sun
~0.0000001 %   
26
~0.00000002 %   
28

Abundance In Meteorites
0.00 %   
21
0.00 %   
99+

Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.00 %   
22
0.00 %   
99+

Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %   
25
0.00 %   
99+

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