Samarium

Radium

Uses of Samarium and Radium

Samarium

Radium

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

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

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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83% Alkaline Earth 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)▶

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Rank: N/A (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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