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1.1 Uses & Benefits
In some nuclear reactors sodium is used as a heat exchanger.
Compound of Sodium metals called Salt (Sodium chloride) is used in Food.
It is used to produce indium tin oxide (ITO), it is used in manufacturing touch screens, flat screen TVs and solar panels.
Its nitride, phosphide and antimonide are used in transistors and microchips.
1.1.1 Industrial Uses
Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry
Aerospace Industry, Automobile Industry
1.1.2 Medical Uses
Pharmaceutical Industry
Medical Research
1.1.3 Other Uses
Alloys
Alloys, In Nuclear Reactors
1.2 Biological Properties
1.2.1 Toxicity
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1.2.2 Present in Human Body
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83%
Alkali Metals Metals
have it !
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70%
Post Transition Metals Metals
have it !
1.2.3 In Blood
Uses of Sodium
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1,970.00 Blood/mg dm-3
Rank:
1
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Not Available
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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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10,000.00 p.p.m.
Rank:
2
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Not Available
Rank:
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Uses of Plutonium
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10000
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