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.
- Its ally with steel is used very tough and hence it is used in armor plates, axles, piston rods, tools and crankshafts.
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Its oxide is used as pigments for glass and ceramics.
1.1.1 Industrial Uses
Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry
Aerospace Industry, Automobile Industry, Chemical Industry
1.1.2 Medical Uses
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
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