Question

► List three industrial applications for each elements in the alkali metals series.​

Answer 1

Answer: The uses are as follows :D

1. Lithium: heat resistive ceramics, aircraft building, tritium production

2. sodium: coolant in nuclear reactors, soap making, street light manufacture (e.g. sodium vapor lamps)

3. Potassium: tanning of leather, manufacture of inks, making gunpowder

4.  Rubidium: thermoelectric generator, making atomic clocks, working fluid in vapor turbines

5. Cesium: catalyst for hydrogenation of some organic compounds, vacuum tubes, photovoltaic cells

6. Francium: extremely radioactive and extremely rare so not used often