Uses & Benefits
Industrial Uses
Medical Uses
Other Uses
Toxicity
Present in Human Body
In Blood
In Bone
- 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
Alloys, Mirror Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical Industry
- Magnets of Samarium cobalt alloy are stronger than that of Iron and hence, they are used in microwave application.
- Samarium metal also used in optical lasers and infrared absorbing glasses and as a neutron absorber.
Aerospace Industry, Automobile Industry, Chemical Industry, Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry
Alloys, In Nuclear Reactors