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What is the ore of thorium?
Some thorium minerals are: monazite, thorianite, thorite.
Where is can you find thorium?
The common minerals of thorium are: monazite, thorianite, thorite.
What is a good slogan for remembering thorium?
Ah, thorium, what a peaceful element. How about a slogan like "Thorium, a gentle giant in the world of atoms" to remind us of its quiet strength and potential for good? Just like painting a happy little tree, let's embrace thorium with positivity and creativity.
Where is the India's largest thorium deposits found?
Kerala.
Can thorium kill you?
Thorium is only weakly radioactive, emitting alpha particles which can barely penetrate human skin, thus exposure to it externally could not kill you. Thorium could be dangerous inside the body, where it could trigger cancers in internal organs. A bigger danger is that thorium decay gives rise to radioactive radon gas which could conceivably build up to a dangerous level if stored in a confined space. As a nuclear fuel, thorium is very much safer than uranium and plutonium. Thorium is present in most soils in fairly significant quantities. Overall, it is very very unlikely to cause you any harm whatsoever unless perhaps you work with it routinely without taking any precautions.
How is thorium separated from other elements?
Thorium can be separated from other elements by solvent extraction with tributylphosphate.
If uranium was to run out what other sources are available to replace it?
AnswerProbably the nuclear fusion AnswerThere are a number of reactor designs based on using thorium, and fuel assemblies using thorium as a primary fuel can be designed and built to be used in existing reactors.
Do you need to separate any matirials to get thorium?
To obtain pure thorium metal it is necessary to separate thorium from other elements.
How the thorium is isolated?
Thorium as a metal is obtained by a calciothermic process from thorium dioxide. Other methods are: electrolysis of thorium tetrafluoride and thermal decomposition of thorium tetraiodide (Van Arkel-de Boer process).
What element can thorium be combined with to become complete?
Thorium can react with the majority of the other nonmetals.
The isotopes often called Thorium B and Thorium D are actually isotopes of what other element?
Thorium B is 212Pb: radioactive isotope of lead. Thorium D is 208Pb: stable isotope of lead.
How is thorium mined or gathered?
Thorium can be strip mined and it could be deep mined. It is be produced as a byproduct of the production of rare earth elements, and since the current production as a byproduct far exceeds the demand, it is not usually mined.
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 elements can Thorium combine with?
Thorium primarily forms compounds with elements such as oxygen, fluorine, sulfur, and carbon. It can also combine with other elements such as nitrogen, phosphorus, and various metals to form a wide range of thorium compounds.
Why branching decay occur in thorium series?
Branching decay occurs in the thorium series because there are multiple pathways for the decay of thorium nuclei. Thorium can decay through alpha decay, beta decay, gamma decay, and other processes, leading to different end products with varying probabilities. These branching decay pathways contribute to the overall complexity of the thorium decay chain.
Name the nuclide that are sources of background radiation?
Isotopes of uranium, thorium, radium, radon, potassium, tritium, etc.
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.
