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Thorium is a solid, natural, radioactive metal.
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What is the common compound of thorium?
Common compounds of thorium: thorium dioxide, thorium trifluoride, thorium tetrafluoride, thorium tetrachloride, thorium triiodide, thorium diiodide, thorium tetraiodide, thorium nitrate, thorium oxalate, thorium carbide, thorium sulfides, thorium nitride, thorium oxinate, etc.
Which element has 90 electrons as a neutral atom?
Thorium (Th).
What are the chemical properties of thorium?
Thorium is a tetravalent element. Thorium react slowly with water; thorium can react with concentrated nitric acid and hydrogen chloride. Thorium can react with the majority of other chemical elements. The Pauling electronegativity of thorium is 1,3.
How much thorium is in bitumen?
Bitumen has not thorium.
Which elements can Thorium combine with?
Thorium can react with the majority of non metals; with metals thorium form alloys.
Which mineral is in Monazite sand?
THORIUM
Is thorium a metallic mineral?
Thorium is an inner transition element, which means it is a metal.
What atomic mineral witch mainly found in India?
thorium
What has the author K W Terry written?
K. W. Terry has written: 'Retention and excretion of thorium by mineral sands industry employees' -- subject(s): Excretion, Health aspects, Health aspects of Mineral industries, Mineral industries, Thorium, Toxicology
Which atomic mineral is mainly found in India?
Thorium is mainly found in India.
How is thorium mined and processed?
Thorium is extracted from minerals as monazite, thorianite, thorite, the mineral is grounded, dissolved in nitric acid, thorium is extracted with tributylphosphate. Also other methods exist.Pure thorium is obtained from ThO2 by a calciothermic process, from ThI2 by thermal decomposition or from ThF4 by electrolysis.
What mineral contains radium?
Radium has not its own minerals; radium exist in extremely low concentrations in uranium and thorium ores.
Is thorium found in yellow sand?
Thorium is not typically found in significant quantities in yellow sand. The composition of yellow sand varies, but it is typically composed of small particles of quartz, feldspar, and other minerals. Thorium is a radioactive element that is more commonly found in certain types of rocks such as monazite and thorianite.
What is the mineral group of thorium?
Examples: - thorianite: oxides group - thorite: silicates group - monazite: phosphates group
What is the common compound of thorium?
Common compounds of thorium: thorium dioxide, thorium trifluoride, thorium tetrafluoride, thorium tetrachloride, thorium triiodide, thorium diiodide, thorium tetraiodide, thorium nitrate, thorium oxalate, thorium carbide, thorium sulfides, thorium nitride, thorium oxinate, etc.
What is the origin of the name of the element thorium?
Swedish chemist Jöns Jakob Berzelius analyzed a mineral from the Falun district in 1815 and determined that it contained a new element, which he named thorium after Thor, the Norse god of thunder.
What initiatives should government take to eliminate the activities involving rare mineral mining of thorium which results in many adverse environmental effects?
These activities should not be eliminated because thorium is useful; only appropriate protection measures to be taken.
