1 Uses
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.
- Rubidium's main application is in the glass manufacturing.
- Rubidium can very easily get ionized and hence it is used for ion engines, but it is still less efficient than that of Caesium.
1.1.1 Industrial Uses
1.1.2 Medical Uses
1.1.3 Other Uses
Alloys
Alloys, Research Purposes
1.2 Biological Properties
1.2.1 Toxicity
1.2.2 Present in Human Body
1.2.3 In Blood
NA2.49 Blood/mg dm-3
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1.2.4 In Bone