➤ Helps to increase the strength of bone tissue and reduces the likelihood of osteoporosis.
➤ The functioning of important organs, such as the kidneys, liver, and heart, is impaired.
➤ Ataxia, adynamia, areflexia, and CNS disturbances.
➤ Abnormal breathing rhythms, as well as plegia, a comatose state that can be fatal.
➤ It causes muscle asthenia and osalgia
➤ A reduced amount of Gallium causes somnolence, hypotension, and CNS disorders.
➤ Gallium is used in dentistry to fill teeth (instead of mercury).
67Ga.
➤ It is used to treat conjunctivitis in the form of aqueous eye injections.
➤ For the treatment of trachoma, in the form of eye ointments.
➤ 72Ga isotope is used to diagnose bone carcinoma.
-
➤ Causes cephalgia, gastrointestinal disorders, namely the pharyngeal reflex.
➤ Painful abdominal cramps are observed.
➤ Antidote: Unitiol.
➤ Gallium melts with the heat of the palm of your hand.
➤ Potassium leaves a trace on paper (like graphite); conducts electric current and heat in different directions in a crystal, like quartz (anisotropy; becomes solid without expanding like water).
➤ Gallium is a liquid in the range of 30-2230oC.