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Production of steel, plastics and textiles, brazing, welding, rocket propellant
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Oxygen
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Iron and steel industries, pencils, brushes in electric motors and in furnace linings
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Carbon
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Rocket fuel igniter, in pyrotechnic flares
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Boron
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Production of brilliant mirrors, in liquid thermometers
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Gallium
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Cement, mortar, glass industry, in making plastics
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Calcium
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Vacuum tubes, high-voltage indicators, lightning arresters, wavemeter tubes
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Neon
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Processing of glass, pigments, textiles, paper, metal adhesives
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Arsenic
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Tto fill decorative balloons, weather balloons and airships
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Helium
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Rechargeable batteries for mobile phones, laptops, digital cameras
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Lithium
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Computer chips, solar cells, transistors
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Silicon
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Dental amalgam, sphygmomanometers, and thermometers
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Mercury
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Hard alloys for fountain pen tips, instrument pivots, needles
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Osmium
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Car batteries, radiation protection
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Lead
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Agricultural chemicals, insecticides, dyes, pharmaceuticals, flame-retardants
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Bromine
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Jewellery, catalytic converters for cars, trucks and buses
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Platinum
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