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 a liquid metal at room temperature, but it is a toxic heavy metal and hence many uses of mercury are under review or phased out.
- It is manly used as a catalysts in chemical industry.
1.1.1 Industrial Uses
Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry
Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry
1.1.2 Medical Uses
1.1.3 Other Uses
Alloys, Mirror Manufacturing
Alloys, Mirror Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical Industry
1.2 Biological Properties
1.2.1 Toxicity
1.2.2 Present in Human Body
1.2.3 In Blood
NA0.01 Blood/mg dm-3
0
1970
1.2.4 In Bone
0.08 p.p.m.0.45 p.p.m.
0
170000