Rubidium
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The 37th Element
is located between potassium and cesium in the first Group
on the Periodic Table. It's atomic number is 37and its atomic mass is
85.4678. In French and German it is , in Italian and Spanish it is
rubidio.
History and General Facts
Rubidium was discovered spectroscopically in1 ....
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.... in many minerals, and brines, along
with other elements. Seawater contains 0.2 ppm, twice the amount of
Lithium found in the oceans. Traces are found in seawater plants and
animal organisms. Very small traces of Rubidium are found in the leaves of
tobacco, tea, and coffee, as well as some other plants. Rubidium is
similar to lithium and cesium, which are found in combined forms as complex
minerals. It is not found in a pure elemental (metallic) state in nature,
but only as compounds in m ....
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