Radium

Samarium

Uses of Radium and Samarium

Radium

Samarium

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1.1 Uses & Benefits

It is a highly radioactive metal; and sometime Radium-223 is used to treat prostate cancer.
It is used in luminous paints.

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

Aerospace Industry, Automobile Industry, Chemical Industry, Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry

1.1.2 Medical Uses

Pharmaceutical Industry

1.1.3 Other Uses

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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83% Alkaline Earth 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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Rank: N/A (Overall)▶

0.01 Blood/mg dm-3

Rank: 22 (Overall)▶

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Uses of Plutonium

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447 (Uses of Iron)

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1.2.4 In Bone

Uses of Calcium

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Rank: N/A (Overall)▶

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Rank: N/A (Overall)▶

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Uses of Plutonium

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10000 (Uses of Sodiu..)

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