Uses of Radium and Californium
Uses & Benefits
- It is a highly radioactive metal; and sometime Radium-223 is used to treat prostate cancer.
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It is used in luminous paints.
- 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
NA
Chemical Industry
Medical Uses
Pharmaceutical Industry
NA
Other Uses
NA
Alloys, Nuclear Research
Toxicity
Highly Toxic
Toxic
Present in Human Body
No
No