Facts About Thorium and Roentgenium
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.
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Sources
Found in Minerals, Mining
Synthetically Produced
History
Who Discovered
Jöns Jakob Berzelius
Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung
Discovery
In 1829
In 1994
Abundance
Abundance In Universe
3 * 10-4 %
9
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Abundance In Sun
~0.0004 %
9
~-9999 %
Abundance In Meteorites
0.05 %
11
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Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.66 %
7
Not Available
Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %
15
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