1 Uses
1.1 Uses & Benefits
- 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.
- Its alloys with aluminum and nickel are used to make powerful magnets.
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Few other alloys exhibit high-temperature strength and hence they are used in Turbines of Jet and Gas engine.
1.1.1 Industrial Uses
Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry
Chemical Industry, Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry
1.1.2 Medical Uses
Dentistry
Pharmaceutical Industry
1.1.3 Other Uses
Alloys, Mirror Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical Industry
Alloys
1.2 Biological Properties
1.2.1 Toxicity
1.2.2 Present in Human Body
1.2.3 In Blood
0.01 Blood/mg dm-30.04 Blood/mg dm-3
0
1970
1.2.4 In Bone
0.45 p.p.m.0.04 p.p.m.
0
170000