Uses of Erbium and Radium
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 is a highly radioactive metal; and sometime Radium-223 is used to treat prostate cancer.
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It is used in luminous paints.
Industrial Uses
Chemical Industry
NA
Medical Uses
NA
Pharmaceutical Industry
Toxicity
Mildly Toxic
Highly Toxic
Present in Human Body
No
No