Rhodium
Rh
45
102.91
1s22s22p63s23p63d104s24p64d8
5s1
Biological significance

➤ It has an important biological significance in the human body, which is interconnected with antigens localized on the surface of red blood cells.

Excess in the body

➤ Causes diseases due to radiation exposure.

Deficiency in the body

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Drugs/dose

103Rh dosage is individual.

Conventional medicine

➤ The manifestation of antiproliferative and antimicrobial effects in complex compounds with Rh, which have been used in brachytherapy (internal radiotherapy) for the treatment of oncological pathologies, prostate cancer (PCa), is observed.



Unconventional medicine

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Toxic effect/antidote

➤ It causes intoxication, the symptoms of which are weakness of the body, which leads to exhaustion of systems, cephalgia, pharyngeal reflex.


➤ There is no specific antidote.

Interesting facts

➤ Rh is one of the most expensive metals.

➤ Rh is highly resistant to chemicals.

➤ It forms several hundred complex compounds.

➤ World reserves of Rh are several tons.

➤ Rh-Zn or Rh-Cd alloy explode in air.

➤ Pt alloy with 1-3% Rh is used to make laboratory chemical glassware with high chemical and thermal resistance.

Chemist Heinrich Wollaston
on how he discovered Ruthenium


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