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Uses of Potassium and Mercury

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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.
  • It is a liquid metal at room temperature, but it is a toxic heavy metal and hence many uses of mercury are under review or phased out.
  • It is manly used as a catalysts in chemical industry.
1.1.1 Industrial Uses
Ammunition Industry, Chemical Industry
Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry
1.1.2 Medical Uses
Pharmaceutical Industry
Dentistry
1.1.3 Other Uses
NA
Alloys, Mirror Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical Industry
1.2 Biological Properties
1.2.1 Toxicity
Toxic
Highly Toxic
1.2.2 Present in Human Body
1.2.3 In Blood
1,620.00 Blood/mg dm-30.01 Blood/mg dm-3
Uses of Plutonium
0 1970
1.2.4 In Bone
2,100.00 p.p.m.0.45 p.p.m.
Uses of Plutonium
0 170000