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1.1 Uses & Benefits
Lutetium metal is used outside research. It has commercial uses like Industrial catalyst for cracking oil refineries of hydrocarbons .
Ytterbium metal is used in memory devices and tuneable laser.
It is also used as industrial catalyst as the other catalysts are too toxic and polluting.
1.1.1 Industrial Uses
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Automobile Industry, Chemical Industry
1.1.2 Medical Uses
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1.1.3 Other Uses
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1.2 Biological Properties
1.2.1 Toxicity
Low Toxic
Highly Toxic
1.2.2 Present in Human Body
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27%
Lanthanide Series Metals
have it !
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27%
Lanthanide Series Metals
have it !
1.2.3 In Blood
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Uses of Plutonium
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447
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1.2.4 In Bone
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Uses of Plutonium
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10000
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