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1.1 Uses & Benefits
It has a tendency to get tarnished in the open air, but when alloyed with elements like erbium, vanadium, its hardness levels decreases.
Its compounds like Erbium oxide is used in safety glasses of welders and metal workers.
It is a highly radioactive metal; and sometime Radium-223 is used to treat prostate cancer.
It is used in luminous paints.
1.1.1 Industrial Uses
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1.1.2 Medical Uses
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Pharmaceutical Industry
1.1.3 Other Uses
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1.2 Biological Properties
1.2.1 Toxicity
Mildly Toxic
Highly Toxic
1.2.2 Present in Human Body
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27%
Lanthanide Series Metals
have it !
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83%
Alkaline Earth Metals Metals
have it !
1.2.3 In Blood
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1.2.4 In Bone
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