what is francium used for?
>>Does francium have any uses? Hello, I actually did not know about this element other than its name. I looked up some basic information on it (below). In summary, there is not much of Francium around, and what there is or is made does not last for long (disintegrates into lighter elements in a few hours). probably it is being investigated or used in some physics experiments somewhere and it seems unlikely to show up as a food additive at your grocery store anytime soon. ===== Discovered in 1939 by Mlle Marguerite Perey of the Curie Institute, Paris. Francium, the heaviest known member of the alkali metals series, occurs as a result of an alpha disintegration of actinium. It can also be made by artificially bombarding thorium with protons. While it occurs naturally in uranium minerals, there is probably less than an ounce of francium at any time in the total crust of the earth. It has the highest equivalent weight of any element, and is the most unstable of the first 101 elements of th
