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1.1 Uses & Benefits
It has corrosion resistance and hence it is used to plate other metals.
Its alloys are very useful; Nichrome alloy is used in the hot coil of toasters and electric oven.
Niobium alloys are used in jet engines and rockets and spacecraft, beams and girders for buildings and oil and gas pipelines.
It is used superconducting magnets in particles accelerators, NMR and MRI equipment.
1.1.1 Industrial Uses
Automobile Industry, Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry
Aerospace Industry, Ammunition Industry, Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry
1.1.2 Medical Uses
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1.1.3 Other Uses
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1.2 Biological Properties
1.2.1 Toxicity
Toxic
Low Toxic
1.2.2 Present in Human Body
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60%
Transition Metals Metals
have it !
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60%
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1.2.3 In Blood
Uses of Sodium
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0.05 Blood/mg dm-3
Rank:
17
(Overall)
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0.01 Blood/mg dm-3
Rank:
25
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Uses of Plutonium
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447
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1.2.4 In Bone
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0.70 p.p.m.
Rank:
18
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0.07 p.p.m.
Rank:
25
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Uses of Plutonium
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10000
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