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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.

1.1.1 Industrial Uses

Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry

1.1.2 Medical Uses

Dentistry

1.1.3 Other Uses

Alloys, Mirror Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical Industry

1.2 Biological Properties

1.2.1 Toxicity

Highly Toxic

1.2.2 Present in Human Body

60% - Transition Metals Metals have it !

1.2.3 In Blood

0.01 Blood/mg dm-3
Rank: 23 (Overall)
Uses of Plutonium
0 1970

1.2.4 In Bone

0.45 p.p.m.
Rank: 19 (Overall)
Uses of Plutonium
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