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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.
Yttrium metal is used in different alloys, as it increases the strength of aluminum Magnesium alloy. It is used for radar microwave filter.
It is also used as a catalyst in ethene polymerisation.
1.1.1 Industrial Uses
Chemical Industry
Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry
1.1.2 Medical Uses
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1.1.3 Other Uses
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1.2 Biological Properties
1.2.1 Toxicity
Mildly Toxic
Highly Toxic
1.2.2 Present in Human Body
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27%
Lanthanide Series Metals
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60%
Transition Metals Metals
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1.2.3 In Blood
Uses of Sodium
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0.00 Blood/mg dm-3
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26
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Uses of Plutonium
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447
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1.2.4 In Bone
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0.07 p.p.m.
Rank:
25
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Uses of Plutonium
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10000
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