Uses & Benefits
Industrial Uses
Medical Uses
Other Uses
Toxicity
Present in Human Body
In Blood
In Bone
- 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.
Aerospace Industry, Automobile Industry
Alloys, In Nuclear Reactors
- 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.
Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry
Alloys, Mirror Manufacturing