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.
- Californium metal has a very strong neutron emitter. It is used as a metal detector.
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It also used as an identifier to check Water and oil layers in oil wells.
1.1.1 Industrial Uses
Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry
Chemical Industry
1.1.2 Medical Uses
1.1.3 Other Uses
Alloys, Mirror Manufacturing
Alloys, Nuclear Research
1.2 Biological Properties
1.2.1 Toxicity
1.2.2 Present in Human Body
1.2.3 In Blood
NA0.00 Blood/mg dm-3
0
1970
1.2.4 In Bone
0.08 p.p.m.0.00 p.p.m.
0
170000