thorium

tho·ri·um

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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [thawr-ee-uh m, thohr-]
- /ˈθɔr i əm, ˈθoʊr-/
- /ˈθɔːrɪəm/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [thawr-ee-uh m, thohr-]
- /ˈθɔr i əm, ˈθoʊr-/

Definitions of thorium word

noun thorium a grayish-white, lustrous, somewhat ductile and malleable, radioactive metallic element present in monazite: used as a source of nuclear energy, as a coating on sun-lamp and vacuum-tube filament coatings, and in alloys. Symbol: Th; atomic weight: 232.038; atomic number: 90; specific gravity: 11.7. 1
noun thorium chemical element 1
noun thorium a soft ductile silvery-white metallic element. It is radioactive and occurs in thorite and monazite: used in gas mantles, magnesium alloys, electronic equipment, and as a nuclear power source. Symbol: Th; atomic no: 90; atomic wt: 232.0381; half-life of most stable isotope, 232Th: 1.41 × 1010 years; valency: 4; relative density: 11.72; melting pt: 1755°C; boiling pt: 4788°C 0
noun thorium a rare, grayish, radioactive, metallic chemical element, one of the actinides, found in monazite and thorite: it is used in magnesium alloys, the making of gas mantles, electronic equipment, etc., and as a nuclear fuel: symbol, Th; at. no., 90 0

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