Facts About Zirconium and Hafnium
Interesting Facts
- Zirconium metal can resist to weak acids.
- Zirconium metal reacts with oxygen and nitrogen in the atmosphere.
- Hafnium metal is highly reactive, hence not found free in nature.
- Hafnium metal as predicated after Mendeleev finished his periodic table.
Sources
Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals
By-product Zirconium Refining
Who Discovered
Martin Heinrich Klaproth
Dirk Coster and George de Hevesy
Discovery
In 1789
In 1922
Abundance In Earth's Crust
Abundance In Humans
Not Available