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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 compounds are used in making special types of glass.
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Very pure antimony is used to make certain types of semiconductor devices, such as diodes and infrared detectors.
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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.
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fine jewelry.
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It is used principally for galvanizing iron.
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The most common application of nickel is the use as an ingredient of steal and other metal products.
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use of nitrogen is as a component in the manufacture of ammonia.
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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.
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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
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Aluminum is used in many industries to make millions of different products and is very important to the world economy.
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Fluorine is indirectly used in the production of low friction plastics such as teflon
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Argon is also used in technical SCUBA diving to inflate the drysuit, due to its nonreactive, heat isolating effect.
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Krypton is used to fill electric lamp bulbs which are filled with a mixture of krypton and argon,
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Plutonium could also be used to manufacture radiological weapons.
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Radium is used in luminous paint
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The reddish-orange color emitted in neon lights is widely used to make advertising signs.
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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.
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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
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Radon was sometimes used in hospitals to treat cancer
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decoration purposes of diamonds
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Sulphur is also used in batteries, detergents, fungicides, manufacture of fertilizers, gun power, matches and fireworks.
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No use has been found for what little francium can be produced
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Americium can be added during accidental release in nuclear production plants.
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Dubnium does not have any application and little is known about it.
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Ununbium does not have any known application and little is known about it.
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Tin is used in for can coating
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Its applications go from food containers to family cars, from scredrivers to washing machines, from cargo ships to paper staples.
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The principal use of silver is as a precious metal.
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Gold is used in jewellery
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Most copper is used for electrical equipment
