Facts About Zirconium and Rubidium
Interesting Facts
- Zirconium metal can resist to weak acids.
- Zirconium metal reacts with oxygen and nitrogen in the atmosphere.
  
- Rubidium metal is 16th most common element found in the earth crust.
- Rubidium metal also found in minerals as well as seawater.
  
Sources
Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals
  
Obtained from Lithium Production.
  
History
  
  
Who Discovered
Martin Heinrich Klaproth
  
Robert Bunsen and Gustav Kirchhoff
  
Discovery
In 1789
  
In 1861
  
Abundance
  
  
Abundance In Sun
~0.000004 %
  
16
~0.000003 %
  
17
Abundance In Earth's Crust