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It can be alloyed with beryllium to provide a source of neutrons. It can eliminate static charges in textile mills. It is used on brushes to clean film, and can provide thermoelectric power in space satellites. Of course, it can also be used as a poison, as it is over 250,000 times as toxic as cyanide, and is very hard to find in a body.

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