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Facts About Thorium and Nobelium


Facts About Nobelium and Thorium


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.
  
  • The most stable isotope of Nobelium metal is No-259.
  • No-259 has a half-life of fifty-eight minutes.
  

Sources
Found in Minerals, Mining   
Bombarding Curium-246 or Curium-249 with Carbon-12 Nuclei, Found in Minerals, Mining   

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Jöns Jakob Berzelius   
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research   

Discovery
In 1829   
In 1966   

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
3 * 10-4 %   
9
Not Available   

Abundance In Sun
~0.0004 %   
9
~-9999 %   

Abundance In Meteorites
0.05 %   
11
Not Available   

Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.66 %   
7
Not Available   

Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %   
15
Not Available   

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