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1.1 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.
The most common use of cesium metal is as a drilling fluid. It is also used in optical glass manufacturing.
In vacuum tubes and radiation monitor equipment this metal is used as a catalyst promoter.
1.1.1 Industrial Uses
Ammunition Industry, Chemical Industry
Aerospace Industry, Automobile Industry, Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry
1.1.2 Medical Uses
Pharmaceutical Industry
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1.1.3 Other Uses
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1.2 Biological Properties
1.2.1 Toxicity
Toxic
Mildly Toxic
1.2.2 Present in Human Body
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83%
Alkali Metals Metals
have it !
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83%
Alkali Metals Metals
have it !
1.2.3 In Blood
Uses of Sodium
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1,620.00 Blood/mg dm-3
Rank:
2
(Overall)
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0.00 Blood/mg dm-3
Rank:
28
(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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2,100.00 p.p.m.
Rank:
3
(Overall)
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0.05 p.p.m.
Rank:
26
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Uses of Plutonium
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10000
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