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Uses of Potassium and Americium


Uses of Americium and Potassium


Uses

Uses & Benefits
  • Potassium’s compounds are in high demand for their application in Fertilizer manufacturing.
  • Potassium carbonate is used in glass manufacturing and Potassium carbonate in manufacturing detergent and body wash.
  
  • Americium metal is used in smoke detection alarms.
  • In the future, this metal has a potential to be used in batteries of spacecrafts.
  

Industrial Uses
Ammunition Industry, Chemical Industry   
NA   

Medical Uses
Pharmaceutical Industry   
NA   

Other Uses
NA   
Alloys, Nuclear Research, Research Purposes   

Biological Properties
  
  

Toxicity
Toxic   
Toxic   

Present in Human Body
Yes   
No   

In Blood
1,620.00 Blood/mg dm-3   
2
0.00 Blood/mg dm-3   
37

In Bone
2,100.00 p.p.m.   
3
0.00 p.p.m.   
36

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