1 Uses
1.1 Uses & Benefits
- Thallium is a toxic metal and hence it has limited uses. Thallium metal is mostly used for producing photoelectric cells.
- In thermometer’s mercury alloy has 8% of thallium, as it has a melting point lower than 20°C.
- 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.
1.1.1 Industrial Uses
1.1.2 Medical Uses
Medical Research
Pharmaceutical Industry
1.1.3 Other Uses
1.2 Biological Properties
1.2.1 Toxicity
Highly Toxic
Highly Toxic
1.2.2 Present in Human Body
1.2.3 In Blood
0.00 Blood/mg dm-3NA
0
1970
1.2.5 In Bone