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Facts About Zinc and Rubidium


Facts About Rubidium 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.
  
  • Rubidium metal is 16th most common element found in the earth crust.
  • Rubidium metal also found in minerals as well as seawater.
  

Sources
Earth's crust, Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals   
Obtained from Lithium Production.   

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Indian metallurgists   
Robert Bunsen and Gustav Kirchhoff   

Discovery
Before 1000 BCE   
In 1861   

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
3 * 10-5 %   
11
1 * 10-6 %   
16

Abundance In Sun
~0.0002 %   
10
~0.000003 %   
17

Abundance In Meteorites
0.02 %   
12
0.00 %   
19

Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.01 %   
16
0.01 %   
18

Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %   
10
0.00 %   
7

Abundance In Humans
0.00 %   
6
0.00 %   
7

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