Minerals and Industrial Uses Flashcards
Used for extraction of gold and silver
Mercury (Hg)
Used to cool down super conduction magnets during welding and magnet production
Helium (He)
Used to coat other metals to prevent corrosion, such as in tin cans, which are made of tin coated steel
Tin (Sn)
used in aluminum alloys to make cookware more durable and also commonly used in batteries
Lithium (Li)
best known for the brilliant reds its salts give to fireworks and flares. It is also used in producing ferrite magnets and refining zinc.
Strontium (Sr)
Used to treat cancer
Radon (Rn)
has been used to provide power to electrical equipment used on space missions
Curium (Cm)
It is used in vulcanizing rubber, as a coloring agent in glass and ceramics, and in catalysts for petroleum cracking
Tellurium (Te)
It is used in automobile batteries & in fishing & diving weights
Lead (Pb)
It is used with Platinum as catalysts in the production of lead-free, high octane gasoline
Rhenium (Re)
Used primarily for the study of nuclear reactors due to its good ability to absorb neutrons.
Europium (Eu)
It is used as hardening agent for platinum alloys. Also used in crucibles and other equipment that is used at high temperatures.
Silver (Ag)
Is used to make mirrors as it is best reflector of visible light known, although it does tarnish with time.
Silver(Ag)
mostly used as fungicide, black gunpowder and sulfuric acid
Sulfur (S)
used as an agent for radio-immunotheraphy in medicine
Actinium (Ac)
Is widely used as a catalyst for chemical reactions. Its important use is in vehicles, as a catalytic converter, facilitating the complete combustion of unburned hydrocarbon passing through the exhaust
Platinum (Pt)
Brittle metal with low melting point used for solders, fuses, fire sprinklers(plug), and cosmetic pigments
Bismuth (Bi)
toxic, non-corroding soft metal used for electroplated steel, nicad batteries, red and yellow paints, and fire sprinklers
Cadmium (Cd)
High-melt-point metal used for hard steel, cutting tools, drill bits, armor plate, gun barrels, and fertilizers
Molybdenum (Mo)
is used in orange-red neon tubes for advertising signs, lasers, and supercold refrigerant.
Neon (Ne)
used in electric applications such as Polymerization catalysts for PET-plastics
Germanium (Ge)
used in incandescent and fluorescent bulbs as a protective layer around the filament the keep oxygen from corroding it
Argon (Ar)
The chemical can dissolve glass and is used mainly as an etching compound.
Fluorine (F)
Acts as high speed semiconductors that are used to make mobile phones, solar panels, and LEDs.
Gallium (Ga)
Mainly used as coatings for windows of tall buildings and protective film on welder’s goggles.
Indium (In)
Is used as an additive to make stainless steel.
Selenium (Se)
used as a radiation source substitute for a portable X-ray machine where electricity is unavailable.
Ytterbium (Yb)
Used as catalyst in the refining of petroleum
Molybdenum (Mo)
used to make specialized yellow glass goggles for glass blowers and welders.
Praseodymium (Pr)
used in alloys especially with vanadium to decrease the hardness of metals. It is also used in amplifiers and lasers.
Erbium (Er)
It is considered by many sources as the strongest radioactive element, it glows blue, and it is used as an atomic heat source and is also used in anti-static brushes to eliminate dust on photographic film
Polonium (Po)
It is used for treating prediabetes and diabetes, low blood sugar; for improving athletic performance in weight training; and for preventing cancer.
Vanadium (V)
It is used in moisture gauges for the determination of water and oil-bearing layers in oil wells.
Californium (Cf)
one of the rare earth elements used to make carbon arc lights which are used in the motion picture industry for studio lighting and projector lights
Lanthanum (La)
used to dope calcium chloride crystals for use in optical lasers. It is also used in infrared absorbing glass and as a neutron absorber in nuclear reactors
Samarium (Sm)
refining petroleum, LED lightbulbs, integrated circuit manufacturing.
Lutetium (Lu)