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Uses of Cerium and Lanthanum

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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.
  • It has no commercial uses, but its alloys are in high demand. Lanthanum and Nickel alloy is used for the hydrogen gas storage.
  • The best-known use for mischmetal alloy of Lanthanum is; as a ‘flints’ for cigarette lighters.
1.1.1 Industrial Uses
Chemical Industry
Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry
1.1.2 Medical Uses
Medical Research
NA
1.1.3 Other Uses
Alloys
Alloys, Mirror Manufacturing
1.2 Biological Properties
1.2.1 Toxicity
Moderately Toxic
Low Toxic
1.2.2 Present in Human Body
27% Lanthanide Series Metals have it !
27% Lanthanide Series Metals have it !
1.2.3 In Blood
Uses of Sodium
0.00 Blood/mg dm-3
Rank: 30 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Uses of Plutonium
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1.2.4 In Bone
Uses of Calcium
2.70 p.p.m.
Rank: 14 (Overall)
0.08 p.p.m.
Rank: 24 (Overall)
Uses of Plutonium
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