Uses of Americium and Cesium

Americium

Cesium

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Uses

Americium metal is used in smoke detection alarms.
In the future, this metal has a potential to be used in batteries of spacecrafts.

Alloys, Nuclear Research, Research Purposes

Toxic

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0.00 Blood/mg dm-3

0.00 p.p.m.

The most common use of cesium metal is as a drilling fluid. It is also used in optical glass manufacturing.
In vacuum tubes and radiation monitor equipment this metal is used as a catalyst promoter.

Aerospace Industry, Automobile Industry, Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry

Alloys

Mildly Toxic

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0.00 Blood/mg dm-3

0.05 p.p.m.

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