Thorium is a natural chemical element formed by stellar nucleosynthesis during the early stages of the Universe.
Thorium exist in many minerals as monazite, thorianite, thorite.
The name of the chemical element thorium is derived from the name of the Scandinavian god Thor.
Thorium is a name derived from the Scandinavian deity Thor; the symbol of the chemical element is Th.
Polonium isotopes are decay products of thorium or uranium.
Coal, petroleum and methane are materials of organic origin, not metals. Thorium minerals are: monazite, thorianite, thorite, allanite.
Radon is a natural chemical element; it can be found in the radioactive decay series of uranium and thorium.
Francium is a naturally occurring radioactive element that is produced as a decay product of uranium and thorium. It is found in tiny amounts in uranium and thorium ores. Francium was first discovered in 1939 by Marguerite Perey in France.
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.
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.
Thorium and fluorine Thorium trifluoride - ThF3 Thorium tetrafluoride - ThF4
Hazards and Health Considerations: Thorium presents both a toxic and radiological hazard. Toxicologically, it causes heavy metal poisoning similar to lead or the uranium isotopes. Biologically, thorium accumulates in the skeletal system where it has a biological half-life of 200 years, the same as plutonium. An M 17 protective mask and standard anti-contamination clothing will adequately protect against thorium.
Thorium is a natural, radioactive, chemical element; chemically, thorium is homogeneous.
Also thorium.