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Chemical element with atomic number 90 (Th)
Thorium is a chemical element; it has symbol Th and atomic number 90. Thorium is a weakly radioactive light silver metal which tarnishes olive grey when
Thorium
Index of chemical compounds with the same name
Thorium fluoride may refer to: Thorium(III) fluoride (thorium trifluoride), ThF3 Thorium(IV) fluoride (thorium tetrafluoride), ThF4 Thorium oxyfluoride
Thorium_fluoride
Nuclear energy extracted from thorium isotopes
element thorium. A thorium fuel cycle can offer several potential advantages over a uranium fuel cycle—including the much greater abundance of thorium found
Thorium-based_nuclear_power
Thorium (90Th) has seven naturally occurring isotopes but none are stable. One isotope, 232Th, is relatively stable, with a half-life of 1.40×1010 years
Isotopes_of_thorium
Index of chemical compounds with the same name
Thorium oxide may refer to: Thorium monoxide (thorium(II) oxide), ThO Thorium dioxide (thorium(IV) oxide), ThO2 This set index article lists chemical compounds
Thorium_oxide
Isotope of thorium
Thorium-232 (232 Th) is the main naturally occurring isotope of thorium, with a relative abundance of 99.98%. It has a half-life of 14.0 billion years
Thorium-232
Type of nuclear reactor cooled by molten material
Reactor Experiment (MSRE) aimed to demonstrate a nuclear power plant using a thorium fuel cycle in a breeder reactor. Increased research into Generation IV
Molten-salt_reactor
Nuclear fuel cycle
The thorium fuel cycle is a nuclear fuel cycle that uses an isotope of thorium, 232 Th, as the fertile material. In the reactor, 232 Th is transmuted into
Thorium_fuel_cycle
Chemical compound
Thorium dioxide (ThO2), also called thorium(IV) oxide, is a crystalline solid, often white or yellow in colour. Also known as thoria, it is mainly a by-product
Thorium_dioxide
Thorium resources are the estimated mineral reserves of thorium on Earth. Thorium is a future potential source of low-carbon energy. Thorium has been demonstrated
List of countries by thorium resources
List_of_countries_by_thorium_resources
Type of nuclear reactor that uses molten material as fuel
The liquid fluoride thorium reactor (LFTR; often pronounced lifter) is a type of molten salt reactor. LFTRs use the thorium fuel cycle with a fluoride-based
Liquid fluoride thorium reactor
Liquid_fluoride_thorium_reactor
Index of chemical compounds with the same name
Thorium chloride may refer to: Thorium(II) chloride (thorium dichloride), ThCl2 Thorium(III) chloride (thorium trichloride), ThCl3 Thorium(IV) chloride
Thorium_chloride
Natural occurrence of chemical element
Thorium is found in small amounts in most rocks and soils. Soil commonly contains an average of around 6 parts per million (ppm) of thorium. Thorium occurs
Occurrence_of_thorium
India's nuclear energy programme envisioned by Homi J. Bhabha
Indian nuclear program focused on enabling the utilisation of India's thorium reserves in meeting the country's energy requirements through the use of
India's three-stage nuclear power programme
India's_three-stage_nuclear_power_programme
Nuclear reactor generating more fissile material than it consumes
fueled with more-commonly available isotopes of uranium and thorium, such as uranium-238 and thorium-232, as opposed to the rare uranium-235 which is used in
Breeder_reactor
F-block chemical elements
do, only thorium and uranium do so in more than trace quantities. The most abundant or easily synthesized actinides are uranium and thorium, followed
Actinide
Device for generating bright light when heated by a flame
these metal oxides produce light from the heat of the flame whenever used. Thorium dioxide was commonly a major component; being radioactive, it has led to
Gas_mantle
Index of chemical compounds with the same name
Thorium iodide may refer to: Thorium(II) iodide (thorium diiodide), ThI2 Thorium(III) iodide (thorium triiodide), ThI3 Thorium(IV) iodide (thorium tetraiodide)
Thorium_iodide
Isotope of uranium
U-233) is a fissile isotope of uranium that is bred from thorium-232 as part of the thorium fuel cycle. Uranium-233 was investigated for use in nuclear
Uranium-233
Molten salt reactor program
TMSR (a shortened initialism of English Thorium Molten Salt Reactor Nuclear Energy System translated from Chinese: 钍基熔盐堆核能系统) is a long-term research
TMSR (Chinese reactor project)
TMSR_(Chinese_reactor_project)
Series of radioactive decays
with 144 neutrons (236U) and it decays into an isotope of element 90, thorium, with 142 neutrons (232Th). The daughter isotope may be stable or it may
Decay_chain
Technique for determining the age of marine sediment
Ionium-thorium dating is a technique for determining the age of marine sediments based upon the quantities present of nearly stable thorium-232 and more
Ionium–thorium_dating
Chemical compound
Thorium diiodide is an iodide of thorium, with the chemical formula of ThI2. It is an electride with the ionic formula Th4+(I−)2e−2. It is air-sensitive
Thorium_diiodide
Chemical element with atomic number 92 (U)
reactor. Another fissile isotope, uranium-233, can be produced from natural thorium and is studied for future industrial use in nuclear technology. Uranium-238
Uranium
Nuclear research facility in Mumbai, India
large resource of thorium. The beach sands of Kerala and Orissa have rich reserves of monazite, which contains about 8–10% thorium. Studies have been
Bhabha_Atomic_Research_Centre
Molten salt reactor prototype
TMSR-LF1 (Chinese: 液态燃料钍基熔盐实验堆 lit.: "liquid fuel thorium-based molten salt experimental reactor") is a 2 MWt molten salt reactor (MSR) prototype operating
TMSR-LF1
Chemical compound
Thorium heptaphosphide is a binary inorganic compound of thorium metal and phosphorus with the chemical formula ThP7. This is the most phosphorus-rich
Thorium_heptaphosphide
2009 video game
Thorium Wars is a vehicular combat video game developed by 3PM Games and published by Big John Games for Nintendo DS in 2009. Reception The game received
Thorium_Wars
Radiometric dating method
Uranium–thorium dating, also called thorium-230 dating, uranium-series disequilibrium dating or uranium-series dating, is a radiometric dating technique
Uranium–thorium_dating
The international Thorium Energy Committee (iThEC) was founded in late 2012 at CERN in Geneva by scientists, engineers, political figures and industrialists
International Thorium Energy Committee
International_Thorium_Energy_Committee
Chemical compound
Thorium disilicide is a binary inorganic chemical compound of thorium and silicon. The compound was first described in detail in 1942 by Georg Brauer
Thorium_disilicide
Chemical compound
Thorium dichloride is a binary inorganic compound of thorium metal and chloride with the chemical formula ThCl2. Th-metal is dissolved in alkali chloride
Thorium_dichloride
Chemical compound
Thorium oxyfluoride is an inorganic compound of thorium metal, fluorine, and oxygen with the chemical formula ThOF 2. Thorium oxyfluoride can be prepared
Thorium_oxyfluoride
Chemical compound
Thorium trifluoride is a binary inorganic compound of thorium metal and fluorine with the chemical formula ThF3. Thorium trifluoride is not formed in a
Thorium_trifluoride
chains: the uranium series (or radium series), the actinium series, and the thorium series, respectively; a fourth decay chain, the neptunium series, terminates
Isotopes_of_lead
Chemical compounds
Many compounds of thorium are known: this is because thorium and uranium are the most stable and accessible actinides and are the only actinides that can
Thorium_compounds
U.S. non-profit organization
The Thorium Energy Alliance (TEA) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization based in the United States which promotes the use of thorium in nuclear power
Thorium_Energy_Alliance
Chemical compound
Thorium diselenide is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula ThSe2. It is one of the selenides of thorium. It was first obtained in 1896 through
Thorium_diselenide
Chemical compound
Thorium(IV) nitrate is a chemical compound, a salt of thorium and nitric acid with the formula Th(NO3)4. A white solid in its anhydrous form, it can form
Thorium(IV)_nitrate
Mineral containing rare-earth elements
trace amounts, as well as small amounts of uranium and thorium. Due to the alpha decay of thorium and uranium, monazite contains a significant amount of
Monazite
irradiation of thorium-232. When thorium-232 absorbs a neutron, it becomes thorium-233, which has a half-life of only 22 minutes. Thorium-233 beta decays
Isotopes_of_uranium
Chemical element with atomic number 87 (Fr)
of the uranium-235 decay series as a daughter isotope of actinium-227; thorium-227 is the more common daughter. Francium-223 then decays into radium-223
Francium
Device for controlled nuclear reactions
amplifier. Thorium-based reactors – It is possible to convert Thorium-232 into U-233 in reactors specially designed for the purpose. In this way, thorium, which
Nuclear_reactor
notable elements such as uranium and plutonium. The nuclides (or isotopes) thorium-232, uranium-235, and uranium-238 occur primordially, while trace quantities
Actinides_in_the_environment
Chemical compound
Thorium(IV) fluoride (ThF4) is an inorganic chemical compound. It is a white hygroscopic powder which can be produced by reacting thorium with fluorine
Thorium(IV)_fluoride
advances in the field of thorium-based fuels, working to design and develop a prototype for an atomic reactor using thorium and low-enriched uranium,
Nuclear_power_in_India
Tabular arrangement of the chemical elements
01×1019 years, over a billion times the age of the universe). Two more, thorium and uranium, have isotopes undergoing radioactive decay with a half-life
Periodic_table
Steel produced prior to the 1940s
otherwise be expected to be low-background can itself be contaminated due to thorium contained in welding rods, such as those used in gas tungsten arc welding
Low-background_steel
Indian nuclear reactor design
design developed by the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre and intended to use thorium and plutonium as fuel. The AHWR is an advanced pressurised heavy-water
Advanced_heavy-water_reactor
Indian nuclear physicist (born 1943)
tests asserting sovereignty, Kakodkar champions India's self-reliance on thorium as a fuel for nuclear energy. Kakodkar was born on 11 November 1943 in
Anil_Kakodkar
Chemical compound
Thorium(IV) bromide is an inorganic compound, with the chemical formula of ThBr4. Thorium(IV) bromide can be obtained by reacting thorium dioxide, bromine
Thorium(IV)_bromide
Chemical element with atomic number 86 (Rn)
as an intermediate step in the decay chain of 232Th, also known as the thorium series, which eventually decays into stable 208Pb. Radon was discovered
Radon
Chemical element with atomic number 91 (Pa)
between thorium and uranium. The actinide series was unknown at the time, so Mendeleev positioned uranium below tungsten in group VI, and thorium below
Protactinium
Lunar hotspot
The Compton–Belkovich Thorium Anomaly is a volcanic complex on the far side of the Moon. It was found by a gamma-ray spectrometer in 1998 and is an area
Compton–Belkovich Thorium Anomaly
Compton–Belkovich_Thorium_Anomaly
Type of nuclear reactor design
reactor core with a high-energy proton or electron accelerator. It could use thorium as a fuel, which is more abundant than uranium. The neutrons needed for
Accelerator-driven subcritical reactor
Accelerator-driven_subcritical_reactor
Chemical compound
Thorium monoxide (thorium(II) oxide), is the binary oxide of thorium having chemical formula ThO. In the vapor phase, it is a diatomic molecule. Laser
Thorium_monoxide
Topics referred to by the same term
Airport (IATA airport code THX), Turukhansk. Krasnoyarsk, Russia ThX or Thorium X, a historic name for the radium isotope radium-224 THX, a Thai girl group
THX_(disambiguation)
Chemical compound
Thorium trichloride is a binary inorganic compound of thorium metal and chlorine with the chemical formula ThCl3. The compound can be prepared by reducing
Thorium_trichloride
Isotope of uranium
uranium. It has a half-life of 68.9 years and is a side product in the thorium cycle. It has been cited[by whom?] as an obstacle to nuclear proliferation
Uranium-232
Chemical compound
Thorium monosilicide is a binary inorganic chemical compound of thorium and silicon with the chemical formula ThSi. The compound is one of several known
Thorium_monosilicide
Extremely accurate clock in development
development of a nuclear clock using existing technology is thorium-229m, an isomer of thorium-229 and the lowest-energy nuclear isomer known. With an energy
Nuclear_clock
Chemical compound
Thorium difluoride is a binary inorganic compound of thorium metal and fluorine with the chemical formula ThF2. Thorium difluoride has been detected mass
Thorium_difluoride
Chemical compound
Thorium triiodide is a binary inorganic compound of thorium metal and iodine with the chemical formula ThI3. Th metal is heated with ThI4 in a vacuum
Thorium_triiodide
Third planet from the Sun
heat-producing isotopes within Earth are potassium-40, uranium-238, and thorium-232. At the center, the temperature may be up to 6,000 °C (10,830 °F),
Earth
Industrial research and development facilities in California
15 km, radioactive microparticles containing percent-concentrations of thorium were detected in ashes and dusts that were likely related to deposition
Santa_Susana_Field_Laboratory
Theoretical chemical element with atomic number 122 (Ubb)
Unbibium, also known as element 122 or eka-thorium, is a hypothetical chemical element; it has placeholder symbol Ubb and atomic number 122. Unbibium
Unbibium
Radioactive toothpaste produced in Germany
Berlin from the 1920s through World War II. It was known for containing thorium, a radioactive metal, and is an example of radioactive quackery. The toothpaste
Doramad Radioactive Toothpaste
Doramad_Radioactive_Toothpaste
Nuclear fuel that has been irradiated in a nuclear reactor
burnt fuels are Thorium with Reactor-Grade Plutonium (RGPu), Thorium with Weapons-Grade Plutonium (WGPu) and Mixed Oxide fuel (MOX, no thorium). For RGPu and
Spent_nuclear_fuel
Process of manufacturing and using nuclear fuel
the common uranium isotope U-238 and thorium, respectively, and can be separated from spent uranium and thorium fuels in reprocessing plants. Some reactors
Nuclear_fuel_cycle
Type of nuclear fission reactor
Review "5.3". The Use of Thorium in Nuclear Power Reactors (PDF) (Report). WASH-1097. U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. May 1969. "Thorium". World Nuclear Association
Small_modular_reactor
Nuclear research reactor in India
neutron reflector, and is fueled with uranium-233 metal produced by the thorium fuel cycle harnessed by the neighbouring FBTR reactor. Following the shutdown
KAMINI
is also part of the thorium fuel cycle. It is an intermediate beta decay product between thorium-233 (produced from natural thorium-232 by neutron capture)
Isotopes_of_protactinium
Indian fast breeder nuclear reactor design
uranium-233, a fissile isotope from thorium-232, it is instrumental in paving the way for utilization of India's abundant thorium reserves and reducing dependence
Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor
Prototype_Fast_Breeder_Reactor
Chemical compound
Thorium(IV) selenate is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula Th(SeO4)2. It exists in the octahydrate form and as a basic salt. Thorium(IV)
Thorium(IV)_selenate
Proposed fission reactor design
The FUJI molten salt reactor is a proposed molten-salt-fueled thorium fuel cycle thermal breeder reactor, using technology similar to the Oak Ridge National
Fuji_Molten_Salt_Reactor
American geochemist
world, and is well-known for his contributions to modernizing the uranium-thorium (Th-230) radiometric dating technique. Edwards earned his Ph.D from the
Richard_Lawrence_Edwards
Power generated from nuclear reactions
breeder reactors that use uranium-233 bred from thorium as fission fuel in the thorium fuel cycle. Thorium is about 3.5 times more common than uranium in
Nuclear_power
Isotope of uranium
decay is as follows: uranium-238 nuclei emit an alpha particle to become thorium-234. Next, with a short half-life, 234Th nuclei emit a beta particle to
Uranium-234
Type of nuclear fuel
containing thorium and plutonium oxides is also being tested. According to a Norwegian study, "the coolant void reactivity of the thorium-plutonium fuel
MOX_fuel
the cation-exchange capacity of clay causes them to absorb uranium and thorium. This difference in radioactivity between shales and sandstones/carbonate
Gamma_ray_logging
New nuclear reactor technologies under development
In 2024, it was reported that China would also build the world's first thorium molten salt nuclear power station, scheduled to be operational by 2029
Generation_IV_reactor
American crime drama TV series (2008–2013)
produced from phenylacetic acid and acetic acid with a tube furnace and thorium dioxide catalyst, and later depicts reduction using mercury aluminum amalgam
Breaking_Bad
Nesosilicate mineral
nesosilicate of thorium that crystallizes in the tetragonal system and is isomorphous with zircon and hafnon. It is the most common mineral of thorium and is nearly
Thorite
2019 video game
roguelike action dungeon crawler video game developed and published by Thorium. It was released for Microsoft Windows and Xbox One on August 6, 2020,
UnderMine
Type of very-high-temperature reactor
plant combines a gas-cooled core and a novel fuel packaging. The uranium, thorium or plutonium nuclear fuels are in the form of a ceramic (usually oxides
Pebble-bed_reactor
French cosmetics brand (1932–1968)
Tho-Radia-branded creams, toothpastes and soaps were notable for containing radium and thorium until 1937, as a scheme to exploit popular interest for radium after it
Tho-Radia
British environmental campaigner and life peer
adoption of thorium as a nuclear fuel following the 2009 Manchester Report, where she met Kirk Sorensen who presented arguments for using thorium. She has
Bryony Worthington, Baroness Worthington
Bryony_Worthington,_Baroness_Worthington
Chemical compound
Thorium(IV) sulfide (ThS2) is an inorganic chemical compound composed of one thorium atom ionically bonded to two atoms of sulfur. This salt is dark brown
Thorium(IV)_sulfide
Type of nuclear fuel
coated-particle fuel consisting of highly enriched uranium (HEU) carbide mixed with thorium carbide and coated in a single layer of pyrolytic carbon in its first core
TRISO_fuel
Topics referred to by the same term
TMSR, as an acronym, may refer to: Tera Mera Saath Rahe, 2021 TV series Tera Mera Saath Rahen, 2001 film The Most Serene Republic, Canadian indie rock
TMSR
Chemical compound
Thorium oxalate is the inorganic compound with the formula Th(C2O4)2(H2O)4. It is a white insoluble solid prepared by the reaction of thorium(IV) salts
Thorium_oxalate
Natural process occurring on minerals
An example of a metamict mineral is zircon. The presence of uranium and thorium atoms substituting for zirconium in the crystal structure is responsible
Metamictisation
Proposal of a second inner transition series in the periodic table
of the elements. In the late 1930s, the first four actinides (actinium, thorium, protactinium, and uranium) were known. They were believed to form a fourth
Actinide_concept
Chemical element with atomic number 88 (Ra)
of primordial thorium-232, uranium-235, and uranium-238 (223Ra from uranium-235, 226Ra from uranium-238, and the other two from thorium-232). These isotopes
Radium
Country in South Asia
minerals such as ilmenite, feldspar, graphite, silica, kaolin, mica and thorium. Existence of petroleum and gas in the Gulf of Mannar has also been confirmed
Sri_Lanka
Type of electrode
is barium oxide, calcium oxide, and aluminium oxide in a 5:3:2 ratio. Thorium oxide may be used as well. Oxide-coated cathodes operate at about 800-1000 °C
Hot_cathode
(real) elements cobalt and thorium can be used in nukes to increase fallout, which agrees with the sense in which "Cobalt Thorium G" is used in the movie
List of fictional elements, materials, isotopes and subatomic particles
List_of_fictional_elements,_materials,_isotopes_and_subatomic_particles
Chemical compound
Thorium(IV) chloride describes a family of inorganic compounds with the formula ThCl4(H2O)n. Both the anhydrous and tetrahydrate (n = 4) forms are known
Thorium(IV)_chloride
examples of the mineral may also contain thorium, uranium, cerium, niobium and iron; the presence of thorium or uranium would make the mineral radioactive
Zirconolite
Polish-French physicist and chemist (1867–1934)
substances that emit radiation, and by 1898 she discovered that the element thorium was also radioactive. Pierre Curie was increasingly intrigued by her work
Marie_Curie
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God of happiness
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French form of Greek Barbara, BARBE means "foreign; strange."
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Hindu, Indian
Lord Vishnu
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Tamil
Powerful and complete
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The servant of the protector
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Mother of Peace
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he will wear the crown of the sea.
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Beloved
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n.
A mineral of a brown to black color, or, as in the variety orangite, orange-yellow. It is essentially a silicate of thorium.
a.
Of or pertaining to thorium; designating the compounds of thorium.
n.
A rare white earthy substance, consisting of the oxide of thorium; -- formerly called also thorina.
n.
A rare mineral, containing chiefly niobium, titanium, thorium, and cerium. It was so called by Berzelius on account of the inability of chemical science, at the time of its discovery, to separate some of its constituents.
n.
A mineral consisting chiefly of uranium oxide with some lead, thorium, etc., occurring in black octahedrons, also in masses with a pitchlike luster; pitchblende.
n.
A rare element supposed by Bahr to have been extracted from wasite, but now identified with thorium.
n.
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.