Facts About Zinc and Hafnium
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
Who Discovered
Indian metallurgists
Dirk Coster and George de Hevesy
Discovery
Before 1000 BCE
In 1922
Abundance In Earth's Crust
Abundance In Humans
Not Available