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Uses of Mercury and Samarium
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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.
Magnets of Samarium cobalt alloy are stronger than that of Iron and hence, they are used in microwave application.
Samarium metal also used in optical lasers and infrared absorbing glasses and as a neutron absorber.
1.1.1 Industrial Uses
Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry
Aerospace Industry, Automobile Industry, Chemical Industry, Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry
1.1.2 Medical Uses
Dentistry
NA
1.1.3 Other Uses
Alloys, Mirror Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical Industry
Alloys, In Nuclear Reactors
1.2 Biological Properties
1.2.1 Toxicity
Highly Toxic
Slightly Toxic
1.2.2 Present in Human Body
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60%
Transition Metals Metals
have it !
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27%
Lanthanide Series Metals
have it !
1.2.3 In Blood
Uses of Sodium
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0.01 Blood/mg dm-3
Rank:
23
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0.01 Blood/mg dm-3
Rank:
22
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Uses of Plutonium
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447
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1.2.4 In Bone
Uses of Calcium
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0.45 p.p.m.
Rank:
19
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Not Available
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Uses of Plutonium
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10000
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