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Aug 23, 1000
Lead
It has been used widely since 5000 BC for application in metal products, cables and pipelines, but also in paints and pesticides. -
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Arsenic - As
Arsenic compounds are used in making special types of glass. -
Antimony
Very pure antimony is used to make certain types of semiconductor devices, such as diodes and infrared detectors. -
Phosphorus - P
Phosphates are important substances in the human body, because they are a part of DNA materials and they take part in energy distribution. Phosphates can also be found commonly in plants. -
Platinum - Pt
fine jewelry. -
Zinc - Zn
It is used principally for galvanizing iron. -
Nickel - Ni
The most common application of nickel is the use as an ingredient of steal and other metal products. -
Nitrogen - N
use of nitrogen is as a component in the manufacture of ammonia. -
Oxygen - O
The main applications of oxygen in order of importance are: 1) melting, refining and manufacture of steel and other metals; 2) manufacture of chemicals by controlled oxidation; 3) rocket propulsion; 4) medical and biological life support; 5) mining, production and manufacture of stone and glass products. -
Chlorine - Cl
Chlorine is an important chemical in water purification, in disinfectants, in bleach and in mustard gas Read more: http://www.lenntech.com/periodic/elements/cl.htm#ixzz2AGGAIEeK -
Aluminum - Al
Aluminum is used in many industries to make millions of different products and is very important to the world economy. -
Fluorine - F
Fluorine is indirectly used in the production of low friction plastics such as teflon -
Argon - Ar
Argon is also used in technical SCUBA diving to inflate the drysuit, due to its nonreactive, heat isolating effect. -
Krypton - Kr
Krypton is used to fill electric lamp bulbs which are filled with a mixture of krypton and argon, -
Plutonium - Pu
Plutonium could also be used to manufacture radiological weapons. -
Radium - Ra
Radium is used in luminous paint -
Neon - Ne
The reddish-orange color emitted in neon lights is widely used to make advertising signs. -
Actinium - Ac
Actinium-225 is used in medicine to produce Bi-213 in a reusable generator or can be used alone as an agent for radio-immunotherapy. -
Polonium - Po
Polonium was once used in textile mills (to eliminate static charges) and by the manufacturers of photographic plates (in brushes to remove the accumulated dust). Read more: http://www.lenntech.com/periodic/elements/po.htm#ixzz2AGSkwT5o -
Radon - Rn
Radon was sometimes used in hospitals to treat cancer -
Carbon - C
decoration purposes of diamonds -
Sulphur - S
Sulphur is also used in batteries, detergents, fungicides, manufacture of fertilizers, gun power, matches and fireworks. -
Francium - Fr
No use has been found for what little francium can be produced -
Americium - Am
Americium can be added during accidental release in nuclear production plants. -
Dubnium - Db
Dubnium does not have any application and little is known about it. -
Ununbium - Uub
Ununbium does not have any known application and little is known about it. -
Tin
Tin is used in for can coating -
Iron
Its applications go from food containers to family cars, from scredrivers to washing machines, from cargo ships to paper staples. -
silver
The principal use of silver is as a precious metal. -
Gold
Gold is used in jewellery -
Copper
Most copper is used for electrical equipment
