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Applications (Uses) of Transition Elements

Some common uses of transition elements are:

  1. Transition elements are applied in the organic reactions as catalysts also used in other chemical reactions.
  2. They are used in making weapons like gun, khukuri, snickers etc.
  3. Transition metals are used in making electrical instruments, soldering, welding, plating, utensils etc.
  4. transition metals are used in making pots, wires, constructional instruments etc.
  5. Transition elements are used in synthesis of metal hydride.

Individual Applications of Transition Elements:

a) Uses of Scandium(Sc-21)

  1. Aluminium-Scandium alloys are used in aerospace industry components, sports equipments, bicycle frames, fishing rods, baseball bats etc.
  2. Scandium iodide is used in mercury vapour lamps, which are used to replicate sunlight in studios for television and films.
  3. The radioactive Scandium-46 is used as a tracer in oil refining to monitor the movements of various fractions. It also can be used in underground pipes to detect leaks.
Natural Scandium

b) Uses of Titanium(Ti-22)

  1. Titanium metal connects well with bone, so it has found surgical applications such as in joint replacements (especially hip joints) and tooth implants.
  2. Titanium is used in house paints as pigments, artist’s paint, plastics, enamels and paper.
  3. It is used in jewelleries, prosthetics, tennis rackets, scissors, bicycle frames etc.
Coins of Titanium

    c) Uses of Vanadium(V-23)

    1. Vanadium(V) oxide is used for pigments for ceramics and glass as a catalyst.
    2. Vanadium alloys are used in nuclear reactors.
    3. It can be used to make steel alloys, use in space vehicles, aircraft carriers.

    d) Uses of Chromium(Cr-24)

    1. It is used in electroplating, tanning, painting, dying, medicines, fuel, catalysts.
    2. It is used to harden steel and to manufacturers stainless steel.
    3. It is used in in automobile industry in the production of car brake pads.

    e) Uses of Manganese(Mn-25)

    1. It is used to make clear glass.
    2. It is used to reduce octane ratings in gasoline.
    3. It is used in dry cell batteries.
    4. It is used as a black brown pigments in paints.

    f) Uses of Iron(Fe-26)

    1. It is used in machinery and tools.
    2. It is used in vehicles and ships.
    3. It is used as a structural elements in buildings, bridges.
    4. It is used to make alloys steel like carbon steel with additives.

    g) Uses of Cobalt(Co-27)

    1. It is mainly used in battery materials, super heat resistant alloys, tools steels.
    2. It is used as catalyst, reagents, desiccant, pigments and dyes.
    3. Cobalt salts are used to impart blue and green color in glass and ceramics.

    h) Uses of Nickel(Ni-28)

    1. It resist corrosion and is used to plate other metals to protect them.
    2. It is used in making alloys such as stainless steel.
    3. It is used in making kitchen wires, mobile phones, medical equipment.

    i) Used of Copper(Cu-29)

    1. It is mostly used in electrical equipment like motors, wires, etc.
    2. It is used in construction, industrial machinery.
    3. It is used in making pots, monuments, statues, etc.
    4. It is used in manufacture of jewelry like bracelets, ring, necklace.

    j) Uses of Zinc(Zn-30)

    1. It is used to galvanize other metals such as iron to prevent rusting.
    2. Large quantities of zinc are used to produce die castings which are important in automobile, electrical and hardware industry.
    3. It is used in making medicines, rubber, paints, cosmetics, soap, batteries, plastic etc.