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Facts About Zinc and Aluminium


Facts About Aluminium and Zinc


Facts

Interesting Facts
  • Zinc metal found (obtain) in many forms like granules, foil, dust and in a powder form.
  • The leading producers of Zinc metal are Australia, Canada, China, U.S.A and Peru.
  
  • Aluminum’s abundance percentage is more as it is found in more than 260 minerals.
  • Pure Aluminum always reacts with oxygen rapidly.
  • It is a good conductor of heat and electricity and used in transmission lines.
  

Sources
Earth's crust, Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals   
By Electrolysis Process, Earth's crust, Mining   

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Indian metallurgists   
Hans Christian Oersted   

Discovery
Before 1000 BCE   
In 1825   

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
3 * 10-5 %   
11
5 * 10-3 %   
5

Abundance In Sun
~0.0002 %   
10
~0.006 %   
5

Abundance In Meteorites
0.02 %   
12
0.91 %   
5

Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.01 %   
16
8.10 %   
1

Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %   
10
0.00 %   
6

Abundance In Humans
0.00 %   
6
0.00 %   
10

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