1 Uses
1.1 Uses & Benefits
- Its alloys with aluminum and nickel are used to make powerful magnets.
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Few other alloys exhibit high-temperature strength and hence they are used in Turbines of Jet and Gas engine.
- Holmium metal has an ability to absorb neutrons, so this metal is used in nuclear reactors to keep the chain reactions of elements under control.
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Alloys of Holmium are used to produce Magnet.
1.1.1 Industrial Uses
Chemical Industry, Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry
NA
1.1.2 Medical Uses
Pharmaceutical Industry
NA
1.1.3 Other Uses
Alloys
Alloys, Nuclear Research
1.2 Biological Properties
1.2.1 Toxicity
1.2.2 Present in Human Body
1.2.4 In Blood
0.04 Blood/mg dm-3NA
0
1970
1.2.6 In Bone