Uses of Mercury and Dysprosium

Mercury

Dysprosium

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Uses

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.

Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry

Dentistry

Alloys, Mirror Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical Industry

Highly Toxic

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0.01 Blood/mg dm-3

0.45 p.p.m.

Dysprosium metal is highly reactive due to which it pure form is not as usual as its alloy.
Thi metals alloy is used in magnate as it is resistance to high temperature.

Alloys, Nuclear Research

Mildly Toxic

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0.00 Blood/mg dm-3

0.00 p.p.m.