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Uses of Erbium and Hafnium

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1.1 Uses & Benefits
  • It has a tendency to get tarnished in the open air, but when alloyed with elements like erbium, vanadium, its hardness levels decreases.
  • Its compounds like Erbium oxide is used in safety glasses of welders and metal workers.
  • 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
Chemical Industry
Ammunition Industry
1.1.2 Medical Uses
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1.1.3 Other Uses
Alloys
Alloys, In Nuclear Reactors, Nuclear Research, Research Purposes
1.2 Biological Properties
1.2.1 Toxicity
Mildly Toxic
Toxic
1.2.2 Present in Human Body
1.2.3 In Blood
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Uses of Plutonium
0 1970
1.2.4 In Bone
NANA
Uses of Plutonium
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