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Uses of Niobium and Lanthanum
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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 has no commercial uses, but its alloys are in high demand. Lanthanum and Nickel alloy is used for the hydrogen gas storage.
The best-known use for mischmetal alloy of Lanthanum is; as a ‘flints’ for cigarette lighters.
1.1.1 Industrial Uses
Aerospace Industry, Ammunition Industry, Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry
Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry
1.1.2 Medical Uses
NA
NA
1.1.3 Other Uses
Alloys
Alloys, Mirror Manufacturing
1.2 Biological Properties
1.2.1 Toxicity
Low Toxic
Low 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)
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Not Available
Rank:
N/A
(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)
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0.08 p.p.m.
Rank:
24
(Overall)
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Uses of Plutonium
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10000
(Uses of Sodiu..)
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