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TRIVIAS: MINERALS / ELEMENTS AND THEIR INDUSTRIAL USES Flashcards

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Used for extraction of gold and silver

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Mercury (Hg)

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Used to cool down super conduction magnets during welding and magnet production

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Helium (He)

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Used to coat other metals to prevent corrosion, such as in tin cans, which are made of tin coated steel

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Tin (Sn)

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Used in aluminum alloys to make cookware more durable and also commonly used in batteries

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Lithium (Li)

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Best known for the brilliant reds its salts give to fireworks and flares

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Strontium (Sr)

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It is also used in producing ferrite magnets and refining zinc

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Strontium (Sr)

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used to treat cancer

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Radon (Rn)

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used to provide power to electrical equipment used on space missions

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Curium (Cm)

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It is used in vulcanizing rubber, as a coloring agent in glass and ceramics, and in catalysts for petroleum cracking

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Tellurium (Te)

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used in automobile batteries and in fishing and diving weights

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Lead (Pb)

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used with Platinum as catalysts in the production of lead-free high octane gasoline

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Rhenium (Re)

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used primarily for the study of nuclear reactors due to its good ability to absorb neutrons

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Europium (Eu)

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used as hardening agent for platinum alloys

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Silver (Ag)

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used in crucibles and other equipment that is used at high temperatures

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Silver (Ag)

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used to make mirrors as it is best reflector of visible light known, although it does tarnish with time

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Silver (Ag)

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mostly used as fungicide black gunpowder and sulfuric acid

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Sulfur (S)

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used as an agent for radio-immunotherapy in medicine

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Actinium (Ac)

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widely used as a catalysts for chemical reactions

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Platinum (Pt)

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Its important use is in vehicles, as a catalytic converter, facilitating the complete combustion of unburned hydrocarbon passing through exhaust

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Platinum (Pt)

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Brittle metal with low melting point used for solders, fuses, fire sprinklers (plug), and cosmetic pigments

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Bismuth (Bi)

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Toxic, non-corroding soft metal used for electroplated steel, nicad batteries, red and yellow paints and fire sprinklers

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Cadmium (Cd)

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High-melt-point metal used for hard steel, cutting tools, drill bits, armor plate, gun barrels and fertilizers

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Molybdenum (Mo)

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used in orange-red neon tubes for advertising signs, lasers and super cold refrigerant

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Neon (Ne)

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used in electric applications such as Polymerization catalysts for PET-plastics

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Germanium (Ge)

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used in incandescent and fluorescent bulbs as a protective later around the filament the keep oxygen from corroding it
Argon (Ar)
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The chemical that can dissolve glass
Fluorine (F)
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used mainly as an etching compound
Fluorine (F)
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Acts as high speed semiconductors that are used to make mobile phones, solar panels and LEDs.
Gallium (Ga)
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Mainly used as coatings for windows of tall buildings and protective film on welder's goggles
Indium (In)
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used as an additive to make stainless steel
Selenium (Se)
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used as a radiation source substitute for a portable X-ray machine where electricity is unavailable
Ytterbium (Yb)
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Used as catalyst in refining petroleum
Molybdenum (Mo)
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used to make specialized yellow glass googles for glass blowers and welders
Praseodymium (Pr)
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used in alloys especially with vanadium to decrease the hardness of metals
Erbium (Er)
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used in amplifiers and laser
Erbium (Er)
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It is considered by many sources as the strongest radioactive element
Polonium (Po)
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It glows blue
Polonium (Po)
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it is used as an atomic heat source
Polonium (Po)
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used in anti-static brushers to eliminate dust on photographic film
Polonium (Po)
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used for treating prediabetes and diabetes, low blood sugar
Vanadium (V)
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used for improving athletic performance in weight training
Vanadium (V)
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used for preventing cancer
Vanadium (V)
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It is used in moisture gauges for the determination of water and oil-bearing layers in oil wells
Californium (Cf)
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One of the rare earth used to make carbon arc light which are used in the motion picture industry for studio lighting and projector lights
Lanthanum (La)
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used to dope calcium chloride crystals for use in optical lasers
Samarium (Sm)
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used in infrared absorbing glass and as a neutron absorber in nuclear reactors
Samarium (Sm)
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used in refining petroleum, LED lightbulbs, integrated circuit manufacturing
Lutetium (Lu)
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a good absorber of neutrons
Hafnium (Hf)
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used to make control rods, such as those found in nuclear submarines
Hafnium (Hf)
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Has a very high melting point and because of this is used in plasma welding torches
Hafnium (Hf)
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used to make powerful magnets used in loudspeakers and computer hard drives to enable them to be smaller and more efficient
Neodymium (Nd)
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used among industrial companies as coating for steel and iron to prevent rusting
Zinc (Zn)
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Due to the ______________ of lead (Pb) , it is used as shield against X-ray and gamma ray radiation
High Density
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a well known poison
Arsenic (As)
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used to kill rats and for insecticides
Arsenic (As)
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used medically as treatment for osteoarthritis, improvement of mental capacity and increasing testosterone
Boron (B)
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utilized in the aviation industry as cogs and gears
Beryllium (Be)
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used in rechargeable batteries and hydride batteries for hybrid vehicles
Nickel (Ni)
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used as a steel additive to produce a very tough alloy
Vanadium (V)
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used in molten iron and steel to remove sulfur
Magnesium (Mg)
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primarily used for electrical wiring due to its electrical conductivity and ductility
Copper (Cu)
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used as a disinfectant to treat drinking water and swimming pools due to its capability to kill bacteria
Chlorine (Cl)
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used to pressurize liquid fuel tanks in rockets
Helium (He)
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used as a rocket fuel igniter
Amorphous Boron
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main fuel for NASA space shuttle program
Hydrogen (H)
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can make water burn
Potassium (K)
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used in portable metal detectors for identifying gold and silver ores
Californium (Cf)
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main element/ materials used in making Formula 1 car's chassis
Carbon (C)
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Oxygen combined with _______________ produces oxy-acetylene flame used for cutting and welding metals
Acetylene Gas
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Oxygen combine with acetylene gas produces _________________ used for cutting and welding metals
Oxy-acetylene flame
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used in metallurgy as a scavenger element for the removal of impurities in metals
Lithium (Li)
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used in air purifiers for removing carbon dioxide from the air
Lithium (Li)
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Lithium is used in air purifiers for removing carbon dioxide from the air by forming _______________
Lithium Carbonates
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used for aerospace industry components and sports equipment
Scandium (Sc)
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an important cryogenic refrigerant
Liquid Neon
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can be used to predict the arrival of an earthquake because it was being released from fault zones prior to earth slipping
Radon (Rn)
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present in optical fibers especially laptops
Platinum (Pt)
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used in photography, medicines, insecticides
Bromine (Br)
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can be used for fire extinguishing operations
Argon (Ar)
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used to locate and image brain tumors
Rubidium (Rb)
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used to study blood flow and in nuclear medicine to study lung function problems
Krypton-85
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mainly used for photovoltaic cells
Silicon (Si)
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element used in atomic clocks
Cesium-133
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used to harden steel and increase resistance to rust
Chromium (Cr)
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main gas in the Earth's atmosphere approximately 78%
Nitrogen (N)
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can be used as fertilizers
Nitrogen (N)
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used in light bulb filaments
Tungsten (W)
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used in manufacturing fiber optics
Germanium (Ge)
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used by the nuclear power industry to separate uranium isotopes
Fluorine (F)
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Does not absorb neutrons
Zirconium (Zr)
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widely used in nuclear reactors
Zirconium (Zr)
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used to make chemical process equipment, nuclear reactors, aircraft and missile parts
Tantalum (Ta)
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_____________ has two forms
Phosphorus (P)
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used for flares
White Phosphorus
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used for the side of matchboxes
Red Phosphorus
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used in precision tubing for refrigerators and air conditioners
Aluminum (Al)
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used to disinfect external wounds
Iodine (I)
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utilized and associated with the aerospace, medical, power, oil and gas industries
Titanium (Ti)
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used for semiconductors for phones and other gadgets
Silicon (Si)
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used as catalyst in the chemical industry
Osmium (Os)
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used in germicidal lamps due to its capability to produce UV light
Xenon (Xe)
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used as a reducing agent for preparing metals like thorium and uranium
Calcium (Ca)
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is combined with other gases to produce light bulbs that glow with greenish- yellow light
Krypton (Kr)
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Utilized for composite armor, specifically of the main battle tank of the US Army
Depleted Uranium
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Old thermometers use ___________ to gauge the temperature enclosed in a glass
Mercury (Hg)
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primarily used when drilling for new oil wells
Barium (Ba)
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used in making of microwave filters for radar, white LED lights and metal-cutting lasers
Yttrium (Y)
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component of mischmetal, used in the manufacture of alloys for cigarette lighters
Cerium (Ce)
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believed to be more powerful than uranium in generating energy
Plutonium Rods
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used as nuclear reactor fuel, spacecraft power, nuclear weapon
Plutonium (Pu)

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