Write the uses of Lanthanides and Actinides.
Use of lanthanides
1.A pyrophoric alloy which contains cerium, lanthanum, and Neodymium; iron; aluminium; calcium, carbon, and silicon is used in lighters, toys, flame-throwing tanks, and tracer bullets.
2.Ceria (CeO2) and thoria (ThO2) are used in gas lamp materials.
3.Cerium salts are used in dyeing cotton, lead storage batteries and as a catalyst.
4.Lanthanides are used in metallothermic reactions due to their extraordinary reducing property. Lanthanide - thermic processes can yield sufficiently pure Nb, Zr, Fe, Co, Ni, Mn, Y, W, U, B, and Si.
5. Alloys of Lanthanides are known as mish - metals and the major constituentsof mish-metals are Ce(45-50%), La(25%), Nd(5%) and small quantities of other lanthanide metals and Fe and Ca impurities. Mish-metals are used for the production of brands of steel like heat resistant, stainless and instrumental steels. Mg- alloys containing 30% mischmetal and 1% Zr are useful in making parts of jet engines.
Uses of Actinides
1. U-235 is fissionable, it is used as fuel in nuclear power plants and as a component in nuclear weapons.
2. Plutonium - 238 is used as a power source in long mission space probes.
Use of lanthanides
1.A pyrophoric alloy which contains cerium, lanthanum, and Neodymium; iron; aluminium; calcium, carbon, and silicon is used in lighters, toys, flame-throwing tanks, and tracer bullets.
2.Ceria (CeO2) and thoria (ThO2) are used in gas lamp materials.
3.Cerium salts are used in dyeing cotton, lead storage batteries and as a catalyst.
4.Lanthanides are used in metallothermic reactions due to their extraordinary reducing property. Lanthanide - thermic processes can yield sufficiently pure Nb, Zr, Fe, Co, Ni, Mn, Y, W, U, B, and Si.
5. Alloys of Lanthanides are known as mish - metals and the major constituentsof mish-metals are Ce(45-50%), La(25%), Nd(5%) and small quantities of other lanthanide metals and Fe and Ca impurities. Mish-metals are used for the production of brands of steel like heat resistant, stainless and instrumental steels. Mg- alloys containing 30% mischmetal and 1% Zr are useful in making parts of jet engines.
Uses of Actinides
1. U-235 is fissionable, it is used as fuel in nuclear power plants and as a component in nuclear weapons.
2. Plutonium - 238 is used as a power source in long mission space probes.
