Facts About Zinc and Aluminium
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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