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Uses of Mercury and Thulium


Uses of Thulium and Mercury


Uses

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.
  
  • Thulium metal produces isotopes that emits X-rays. This isotope is used in X-ray machine.
  • Thulium element is also used in Surgical equipment like laser.
  

Industrial Uses
Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry   
NA   

Medical Uses
Dentistry   
NA   

Other Uses
Alloys, Mirror Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical Industry   
Alloys, Nuclear Research, Research Purposes   

Biological Properties
  
  

Toxicity
Highly Toxic   
Unknown   

Present in Human Body
Yes   
No   

In Blood
0.01 Blood/mg dm-3   
23
Not Available   

In Bone
0.45 p.p.m.   
19
Not Available   

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