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Uses of Mercury and Neptunium

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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.
  • Currently known uses of Neptunium metal are limited to research purpose only.
  • Neptunium’s isotope neptunium-237 is used as a neutron detectors.
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, Nuclear Research, Research Purposes
1.2 Biological Properties
1.2.1 Toxicity
Highly Toxic
Toxic
1.2.2 Present in Human Body
60% Transition Metals Metals have it !
7% Actinide Series Metals have it !
1.2.3 In Blood
Uses of Sodium
0.01 Blood/mg dm-3
Rank: 23 (Overall)
0.00 Blood/mg dm-3
Rank: 37 (Overall)
Uses of Plutonium
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1.3.3 In Bone
Uses of Calcium
0.45 p.p.m.
Rank: 19 (Overall)
0.00 p.p.m.
Rank: 36 (Overall)
Uses of Plutonium
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