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1.1 Uses & Benefits
It is used to produce indium tin oxide (ITO), it is used in manufacturing touch screens, flat screen TVs and solar panels.
Its nitride, phosphide and antimonide are used in transistors and microchips.
It has no commercial uses, but its alloys are in high demand. Lanthanum and Nickel alloy is used for the hydrogen gas storage.
The best-known use for mischmetal alloy of Lanthanum is; as a ‘flints’ for cigarette lighters.
1.1.1 Industrial Uses
Aerospace Industry, Automobile Industry
Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry
1.1.2 Medical Uses
Medical Research
NA
1.1.3 Other Uses
Alloys, In Nuclear Reactors
Alloys, Mirror Manufacturing
1.2 Biological Properties
1.2.1 Toxicity
Non Toxic
Low Toxic
1.2.2 Present in Human Body
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70%
Post Transition Metals Metals
have it !
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27%
Lanthanide Series Metals
have it !
1.2.3 In Blood
Uses of Sodium
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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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0.08 p.p.m.
Rank:
24
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Uses of Plutonium
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10000
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