Facts About Zinc and Rhodium
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.
- Rhodium is the rarest element out of all non-radioactive metals on the earth .
- Rhodium is one of the most durable and hard metal, which also have high reflectance.
Sources
Earth's crust, Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals
Earth's crust, Found As a By-product, Found in Minerals, Mining
History
Who Discovered
Indian metallurgists
William Hyde Wollaston
Discovery
Before 1000 BCE
In 1804
Abundance
Abundance In Universe
3 * 10-5 %
11
6 * 10-8 %
26
Abundance In Sun
~0.0002 %
10
~0.0000002 %
25
Abundance In Meteorites
0.02 %
12
0.00 %
36
Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.01 %
16
0.00 %
99+
Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %
10
Not Available
Abundance In Humans
0.00 %
6
Not Available
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