Uses of Radium and Francium
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.
  
- Francium has no known uses as it has a half life of only 22 minutes.
  
Industrial Uses
NA
  
NA
  
Medical Uses
Pharmaceutical Industry
  
NA
  
Other Uses
NA
  
NA
  
Biological Properties
  
  
Toxicity
Highly Toxic
  
NA
  
Present in Human Body
No
  
No
  
In Blood
Not Available
  
0.00 Blood/mg dm-3
  
37
In Bone
Not Available
  
0.00 p.p.m.
  
36