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Uses of some Important Minerals
Minerals |
Uses |
1. Metallic Minerals |
| Aluminium |
Aircrafts, rockets, building materials, utensils, electrical wiring |
| Beryllium |
Copper alloys, refractories, atom energy field |
| Chromium |
Metallurgy, refractory, chemicals |
| Cobalt |
Alloys, catalysts, radiography, therapeutics |
| Columbium |
Stainless steel, nuclear reactors |
| Copper |
Electrical products, alloys, coins |
| Gold |
Jewellery, monetory purpose, dentistry |
| Iron |
Steel-basic infrastructure |
| Lead |
Batteries, gasoline, paints, alloys |
| Magnesium |
Structural refractories |
| Manganese |
Alloys steel, disinfectants |
| Molybednum |
Alloys steel |
| Nickel |
Over 3000 alloys |
| Radium |
Medical and industrial uses, radiography |
| Thorium |
Nuclear warfare, electricity, gas mantles |
| Tin |
Tin plate, solder, chemicals |
| Titanium |
Pigments aircraft alloys |
| Tungste |
Alloys and chemicals |
| Uranidium |
Nuclear bombs, electricity, tinting glass |
| Vanadium |
Alloys |
| Zinc |
Galvanising, solder, die casting, chemicals |
| Zirconium |
Refractories, ceramics, metals, chemicals |
2. Non-metallic minerals |
| Asbestos |
Insulation, textiles, roofings, glass ceramics, gasoline, solid propellants |
| Corundum |
Abrasives |
| Feldspar |
Ceramic flux, artificial teeth |
| Fluorospar |
Flux, acid refrigerant, propellants |
| Phosphates |
Fertilizers, chemicals |
| Salt |
Chemical, glass metallurgy |
| Sulphur |
Fertilizer, acid, iron and steel industry |
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Efforts are on to check the wasteful and injudicious use of minerals by recycling and adopting efficient technologies. New production processes¾designing smaller equipment, use of new raw materials and restrained use of materials have to be internsified. Saubstitution of mineral goods by glass, plastics, ceramics and synthetic fiber goods.
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