Uses Flashcards
Al
Construction, aerospace industry, overhead power lines, fuel cells,
Boric acid
Mild antiseptic and pesticide, as the starting material for its anhydride- boron oxide,
Boron oxide
Desolves many metal oxides, used as a flux- cleanser metals, make finerglass, borosilicate glass- very low thermal expansion
Alumina(Al2O3)
Stationary phase in chromatography
BF3
Industrial catalyst
KO2, potassium super oxide
Submarines, space stations to regenerate air
Li
Thermonuclear weapons, treat bipolar disorder, lubrication, batteries
K
KCl- fertilizer.KNO3- faciliate the ignition of matches
Be
Construction of missles and satellites, as windows for x-ray tubes, added tu Cu, electronics industry
Mg
Lightness and toughness- airplanes, cars
Ca
As structual materials in organisms, buildings, civil engineering, cement
C
Graphite, dimond, electrodes, batteries, lubricant
Si
Semiconductors,
Ge
Semiconductors
Sn
Tinplating, bronze