Niobium

Cerium

Uses of Niobium and Cerium

Niobium

Cerium

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1.1 Uses & Benefits

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.

It is used to include flints for cigarette lighters.

Its compound Cerium (Ill) Oxide is used as a catalyst; it is put inside the walls of the oven as it prevents from the buildup of cooking residues.

1.1.1 Industrial Uses

Aerospace Industry, Ammunition Industry, Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry

Chemical Industry

1.1.2 Medical Uses

Medical Research

1.1.3 Other Uses

Alloys

1.2 Biological Properties

1.2.1 Toxicity

Low Toxic

Moderately Toxic

1.2.2 Present in Human Body

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60% Transition Metals Metals have it !

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27% Lanthanide Series Metals have it !

1.2.3 In Blood

Uses of Sodium

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0.01 Blood/mg dm-3

Rank: 25 (Overall)▶

0.00 Blood/mg dm-3

Rank: 30 (Overall)▶

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Uses of Plutonium

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447 (Uses of Iron)

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1.2.4 In Bone

Uses of Calcium

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0.07 p.p.m.

Rank: 25 (Overall)▶

2.70 p.p.m.

Rank: 14 (Overall)▶

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Uses of Plutonium

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10000 (Uses of Sodiu..)

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