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Facts About Zinc and Scandium


Facts About Scandium 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.
  
  • Scandium is known as one of the rare earth elements.
  • Scandium metal found in rare minerals called Wolframite .
  

Sources
Earth's crust, Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals   
Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of metals, Ores of Minerals   

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Indian metallurgists   
Lars Fredrik Nilson   

Discovery
Before 1000 BCE   
In 1879   

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
3 * 10-5 %   
11
3 * 10-6 %   
15

Abundance In Sun
~0.0002 %   
10
~0.000004 %   
16

Abundance In Meteorites
0.02 %   
12
0.00 %   
18

Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.01 %   
16
0.00 %   
23

Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %   
10
0.00 %   
32

Abundance In Humans
0.00 %   
6
Not Available   

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