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Uses of Mercury and Indium
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1.1 Uses & Benefits
  • It is a liquid metal at room temperature, but it is a toxic heavy metal and hence many uses of mercury are under review or phased out.
  • It is manly used as a catalysts in chemical industry.
  • It is used to produce indium tin oxide (ITO), it is used in manufacturing touch screens, flat screen TVs and solar panels.
  • Its nitride, phosphide and antimonide are used in transistors and microchips.
1.1.1 Industrial Uses
Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry
Aerospace Industry, Automobile Industry
1.1.2 Medical Uses
Dentistry
Medical Research
1.1.3 Other Uses
Alloys, Mirror Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical Industry
Alloys, In Nuclear Reactors
1.2 Biological Properties
1.2.1 Toxicity
Highly Toxic
Non Toxic
1.2.2 Present in Human Body
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60% Transition Metals Metals have it !
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70% Post Transition Metals Metals have it !
1.2.3 In Blood
Uses of Sodium
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0.01 Blood/mg dm-3
Rank: 23 (Overall)▶
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Rank: N/A (Overall)▶
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1.2.4 In Bone
Uses of Calcium
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0.45 p.p.m.
Rank: 19 (Overall)▶
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Rank: N/A (Overall)▶
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