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Uses of Mercury and Strontium

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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.
  • Strontium metal is used to producing ferrite magnets as well as refining zinc.
  • By-product of nuclear reactors called Strontium-90 is a radioactive isotope; it is absorbed by tissues and destroys bone marrow and cancer growth.
1.1.1 Industrial Uses
Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry
Ammunition Industry, Chemical Industry
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
Non Toxic
1.2.2 Present in Human Body
60% Transition Metals Metals have it !
83% Alkaline Earth Metals Metals have it !
1.2.3 In Blood
Uses of Sodium
0.01 Blood/mg dm-3
Rank: 23 (Overall)
0.03 Blood/mg dm-3
Rank: 19 (Overall)
Uses of Plutonium
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1.2.4 In Bone
Uses of Calcium
0.45 p.p.m.
Rank: 19 (Overall)
140.00 p.p.m.
Rank: 7 (Overall)
Uses of Plutonium
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