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Facts About Zinc and Berkelium


Facts About Berkelium 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.
  
  • X-ray Diffraction- different compounds of Berkelium metals are identified using it.
    Commercial uses of Berkelium metal are not yet discovered.
  

Sources
Earth's crust, Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals   
Bombarding Americium with Alpha Particles.   

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Indian metallurgists   
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory   

Discovery
Before 1000 BCE   
In 1949   

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
3 * 10-5 %   
11
Not Available   

Abundance In Sun
~0.0002 %   
10
~-9999 %   

Abundance In Meteorites
0.02 %   
12
Not Available   

Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.01 %   
16
Not Available   

Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %   
10
Not Available   

Abundance In Humans
0.00 %   
6
Not Available   

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