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1.1 Uses & Benefits
Aluminum is used in a various products; for example, cans, foils, kitchen utensils, window frames, beer kegs and aero plane parts, automobile parts, etc.
It has an ability to absorb neutrons and hence it is used to make control rods in nuclear submarines. And this metal is also used in Plasma welding torches.
It alloys with iron, titanium and niobium are very useful.
1.1.1 Industrial Uses
Aerospace Industry, Ammunition Industry, Automobile Industry, Chemical Industry, Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry
Ammunition Industry
1.1.2 Medical Uses
Dentistry, Pharmaceutical Industry, Surgical Instruments Manufacturing
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1.1.3 Other Uses
Alloys, Jewellery, Sculptures, Statues
Alloys, In Nuclear Reactors, Nuclear Research, Research Purposes
1.2 Biological Properties
1.2.1 Toxicity
Non Toxic
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1.2.2 Present in Human Body
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70%
Post Transition Metals Metals
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60%
Transition Metals Metals
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1.2.3 In Blood
Uses of Sodium
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0.39 Blood/mg dm-3
Rank:
9
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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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27.00 p.p.m.
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11
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Not Available
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Uses of Plutonium
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10000
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