Samarium

Mercury

Uses of Samarium and Mercury

Samarium

Mercury

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1.1 Uses & Benefits

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.

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.

1.1.1 Industrial Uses

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

Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry

1.1.2 Medical Uses

Dentistry

1.1.3 Other Uses

Alloys, In Nuclear Reactors

Alloys, Mirror Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical Industry

1.2 Biological Properties

1.2.1 Toxicity

Slightly Toxic

Highly Toxic

1.2.2 Present in Human Body

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27% Lanthanide Series Metals have it !

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60% Transition Metals Metals have it !

1.2.3 In Blood

Uses of Sodium

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0.01 Blood/mg dm-3

Rank: 22 (Overall)▶

0.01 Blood/mg dm-3

Rank: 23 (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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Not Available

Rank: N/A (Overall)▶

0.45 p.p.m.

Rank: 19 (Overall)▶

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Uses of Plutonium

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10000 (Uses of Sodiu..)

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