Uses of Potassium and Californium
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.
  
- Californium metal has a very strong neutron emitter. It is used as a metal detector.
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It also used as an identifier to check Water and oil layers in oil wells.
  
Industrial Uses
Ammunition Industry, Chemical Industry
  
Chemical Industry
  
Medical Uses
Pharmaceutical Industry
  
NA
  
Other Uses
NA
  
Alloys, Nuclear Research
  
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