1 Uses
1.1 Uses & Benefits
- Its alloys are used in spacecraft, aircraft and ammunition industry.
- Its pipes are used in distillation plants, submarines, hulls of big ships, etc.
- It has a tendency to get tarnished in the open air, but when alloyed with elements like erbium, vanadium, its hardness levels decreases.
- Its compounds like Erbium oxide is used in safety glasses of welders and metal workers.
1.2.1 Industrial Uses
Aerospace Industry, Automobile Industry, Chemical Industry, Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry
Chemical Industry
1.2.2 Medical Uses
Dentistry, Surgical Instruments Manufacturing
NA
1.2.3 Other Uses
Alloys, Jewellery, Sculptures, Statues
Alloys
1.3 Biological Properties
1.3.1 Toxicity
1.3.2 Present in Human Body
1.3.3 In Blood
0.05 Blood/mg dm-3NA
0
1970
1.4.2 In Bone