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Uses of Mercury and Lutetium

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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.
  • Lutetium metal is used outside research. It has commercial uses like Industrial catalyst for cracking oil refineries of hydrocarbons .
1.1.1 Industrial Uses
Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry
NA
1.1.2 Medical Uses
Dentistry
NA
1.1.3 Other Uses
Alloys, Mirror Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical Industry
Alloys
1.2 Biological Properties
1.2.1 Toxicity
Highly Toxic
Low Toxic
1.2.2 Present in Human Body
60% Transition Metals Metals have it !
27% Lanthanide Series Metals have it !
1.2.3 In Blood
Uses of Sodium
0.01 Blood/mg dm-3
Rank: 23 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Uses of Plutonium
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1.2.4 In Bone
Uses of Calcium
0.45 p.p.m.
Rank: 19 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Uses of Plutonium
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