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Uses of Calcium and Strontium

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1.1 Uses & Benefits
  • It is used as a reducing agent while preparing metals like thorium and uranium. It is also used as an alloying agent for metals such as aluminum, copper & lead.
  • Calcium carbonate or lime stone is used in cement.
  • Strontium metal is used to producing ferrite magnets as well as refining zinc.
  • By-product of nuclear reactors called Strontium-90 is a radioactive isotope; it is absorbed by tissues and destroys bone marrow and cancer growth.
1.1.1 Industrial Uses
Chemical Industry
Ammunition Industry, Chemical Industry
1.1.2 Medical Uses
Dentistry, Pharmaceutical Industry
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1.1.3 Other Uses
Alloys
Alloys
1.2 Biological Properties
1.2.1 Toxicity
Non Toxic
Non Toxic
1.2.2 Present in Human Body
83% Alkaline Earth Metals Metals have it !
83% Alkaline Earth Metals Metals have it !
1.2.3 In Blood
Uses of Sodium
60.50 Blood/mg dm-3
Rank: 4 (Overall)
0.03 Blood/mg dm-3
Rank: 19 (Overall)
Uses of Plutonium
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1.2.4 In Bone
Uses of Calcium
170,000.00 p.p.m.
Rank: 1 (Overall)
140.00 p.p.m.
Rank: 7 (Overall)
Uses of Plutonium
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