Facts About Thorium and Lead
Facts
Interesting Facts
- Thorium metal is used as an alternate option over Uranium for nuclear fuel.
- Thorium metals appearance (silvery white, soft) is somewhat similar to Lead metal.
- Galena mineral contains almost 87% of Lead metal in it, Galena is sulfide mineral.
- The best available source of Lead metal today is by recycling automobile batteries.
Sources
Found in Minerals, Mining
Earth's crust, Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of metals, Ores of Minerals
History
Who Discovered
Jöns Jakob Berzelius
Unknown
Discovery
In 1829
In Middle Easterns (7000 BCE)
Abundance
Abundance In Universe
3 * 10-4 %
9
1 * 10-6 %
16
Abundance In Sun
~0.0004 %
9
~0.000001 %
18
Abundance In Meteorites
0.05 %
11
0.00 %
23
Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.66 %
7
0.00 %
26
Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %
15
0.00 %
22
Abundance In Humans
Not Available
0.00 %
8
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