1 Uses
1.1 Uses & Benefits
- Strontium metal is used to producing ferrite magnets as well as refining zinc.
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By-product of nuclear reactors called Strontium-90 is a radioactive isotope; it is absorbed by tissues and destroys bone marrow and cancer growth.
- Its alloys with aluminum and nickel are used to make powerful magnets.
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Few other alloys exhibit high-temperature strength and hence they are used in Turbines of Jet and Gas engine.
1.1.1 Industrial Uses
Ammunition Industry, Chemical Industry
Chemical Industry, Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry
1.1.2 Medical Uses
NA
Pharmaceutical Industry
1.1.3 Other Uses
1.2 Biological Properties
1.2.1 Toxicity
1.2.2 Present in Human Body
1.2.3 In Blood
0.03 Blood/mg dm-30.04 Blood/mg dm-3
0
1970
1.2.4 In Bone
140.00 p.p.m.0.04 p.p.m.
0
170000