1 Uses
1.1 Uses & Benefits
- 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.
- It is used as a reducing agent while preparing metals like thorium and uranium. It is also used as an alloying agent for metals such as aluminum, copper & lead.
- Calcium carbonate or lime stone is used in cement.
1.1.1 Industrial Uses
Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry
Chemical Industry
1.1.2 Medical Uses
NA
Dentistry, Pharmaceutical Industry
1.1.3 Other Uses
Alloys, Mirror Manufacturing
Alloys
1.2 Biological Properties
1.2.1 Toxicity
1.2.2 Present in Human Body
1.2.3 In Blood
NA60.50 Blood/mg dm-3
0
1970
1.2.4 In Bone
0.08 p.p.m.170,000.00 p.p.m.
0
170000