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Uses of Cerium and Actinium

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1.1 Uses & Benefits
  • It is used to include flints for cigarette lighters.
  • Its compound Cerium (Ill) Oxide is used as a catalyst; it is put inside the walls of the oven as it prevents from the buildup of cooking residues.
  • Actinium metal has a great source of alpha rays but it is hardly used outside research purpose.
1.1.1 Industrial Uses
Chemical Industry
NA
1.1.2 Medical Uses
Medical Research
NA
1.1.3 Other Uses
Alloys
Alloys, Nuclear Research, Research Purposes
1.2 Biological Properties
1.2.1 Toxicity
Moderately Toxic
Toxic
1.2.2 Present in Human Body
27% Lanthanide Series Metals have it !
7% Actinide Series Metals have it !
1.2.3 In Blood
Uses of Sodium
0.00 Blood/mg dm-3
Rank: 30 (Overall)
0.00 Blood/mg dm-3
Rank: 37 (Overall)
Uses of Plutonium
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1.2.4 In Bone
Uses of Calcium
2.70 p.p.m.
Rank: 14 (Overall)
0.00 p.p.m.
Rank: 36 (Overall)
Uses of Plutonium
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