Facts About Zinc and Hafnium
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.
- Hafnium metal is highly reactive, hence not found free in nature.
- Hafnium metal as predicated after Mendeleev finished his periodic table.
Sources
Earth's crust, Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals
By-product Zirconium Refining
History
Who Discovered
Indian metallurgists
Dirk Coster and George de Hevesy
Discovery
Before 1000 BCE
In 1922
Abundance
Abundance In Universe
3 * 10-5 %
11
7 * 10-8 %
25
Abundance In Sun
~0.0002 %
10
~0.0000001 %
26
Abundance In Meteorites
0.02 %
12
0.00 %
37
Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.01 %
16
0.00 %
31
Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %
10
0.00 %
27
Abundance In Humans
0.00 %
6
Not Available
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