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Thorium is a solid, natural, radioactive metal.

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What atomic mineral witch mainly found in India?

thorium


Is thorium a metallic mineral?

Thorium is an inner transition element, which means it is a metal.


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 is thorium's standard state?

Like all metals except for mercury thorium's standard state is solid.


Which state in India has the world's largest deposit of thorium?

Kerala, a state in southern India, is known to have the world's largest deposit of thorium. Its monazite sands contain significant amounts of thorium, a valuable radioactive mineral used in nuclear technology.


Is thorium found in yellow sand?

Thorium is typically found only in dark-colored heavy-mineral sands. Mineral bearing sand is classified by specific gravity as either light or heavy, with heavy mineral sands having a specific gravity of greater than 2.9. Many of the heavy mineral sands are dark colored and include ilmenite, rutile, magnetite, sphene, and garnet. Thorium is found primarily in the heavy mineral. monazite, which is ofter yellowish-brown or greenish- brown. A minor amount of thorium may also be in the heavy mineral, zircon, which is often white of yellowish in color. Because monazite and zircon are heavy minerals and are generally less abundant than ilmenite in a deposit, they are typically found in the zones of dark or black colored minerals. It is possible for thorium-bearing minerals to be distributed throughout a light-colored sand.


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 mineral contains radium?

Radium has not its own minerals; radium exist in extremely low concentrations in uranium and thorium ores.