1 Uses
1.1 Uses & Benefits
- Lutetium metal is used outside research. It has commercial uses like Industrial catalyst for cracking oil refineries of hydrocarbons .
- Strontium metal is used to producing ferrite magnets as well as refining zinc.
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By-product of nuclear reactors called Strontium-90 is a radioactive isotope; it is absorbed by tissues and destroys bone marrow and cancer growth.
1.1.1 Industrial Uses
NA
Ammunition Industry, Chemical Industry
1.1.2 Medical Uses
1.1.3 Other Uses
1.2 Biological Properties
1.2.1 Toxicity
1.2.2 Present in Human Body
1.2.3 In Blood
NA0.03 Blood/mg dm-3
0
1970
1.2.4 In Bone