The Top 9 Elements in our Solar System are:
(percentages by weight)
Hydrogen 91.04%
Helium 8.81%
Oxygen 0.08%
Carbon 0.03%
Neon 0.01%
Nitrogen 0.01%
Magnesium 0.004%
Silicon 0.003%
Iron 0.003%
Element of the day (day 84)
#43) Tc- Technetium-] radioactive
not found naturally or occurs in such minute amounts that it does not reasonably exist on Earth.
Discovered in 1937 by Carlo Perrier & Emilio Segre, Italy.
A silvery-gray radioactive metal. Has a fairly short half-life, so any natural technetium on Earth has long since disappeared. Can be artificially produced. Found in cool, red stars. Has few commercial uses- is a superconductor at very low temperatures and is used in medical radiation imaging as a tracer.
Was the first artificially produced element. Does not exist in the Earth's crust.
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