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Rubidium

Rubidium Details

Rubidium Symbol: Rb

Rubidium Atomic Number: 37

Rubidium Atomic Weight: 85.47

What is Rubidium?
Soft silvery metallic element, belongs to group 1 of the periodic table. Rb-97, the naturally occurring isotope, is radioactive. It is highly reactive, with properties similar to other elements in group 1, like igniting spontaneously in air. Discovered spectroscopically in 1861 by W. Bunsen and G.R. Kirchoff.

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