About The Word Thorium
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Thorium
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What's The Definition Of Thorium?
[n] a soft silvery-white tetravalent radioactive metallic element; isotope 232 is used as a power source in nuclear reactors; occurs in thorite and in monazite sands
Synonyms | Synonyms for Thorium: atomic number 90 | Th Related Terms | Find terms related to Thorium: See Also | metal | metallic element | monazite | radiothorium | thorite | thorium-228 Thorium In Webster's Dictionary \Tho"ri*um\, n. [NL. See {Thorite}.] (Chem.)
A metallic element found in certain rare minerals, as
thorite, pyrochlore, monazite, etc., and isolated as an
infusible gray metallic powder which burns in the air and
forms thoria; -- formerly called also {thorinum}. Symbol Th.
Atomic weight 232.0.
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