英语词汇“thorite”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	thorite
释义	▪ I. thorite¹ Min.\|ˈθɔəraɪt\| [a. Swed. thorit (Berzelius, 1828–9), f. Thor (as in thoria, thorium) + -ite¹ 2 b.] Hydrous silicate of thorium, occurring crystalline, massive, and compact, orange-yellow (orangite) to brownish-black or black, with a vitreous or resinous lustre. 1832[see thorium].1839Ure Dict. Arts 1239 It [thorina] was extracted from the mineral thorite, of which it constitutes 58 per cent.1868Dana Min. 413 The brownish-black and black variety, from Lövö, Norway, was the mineral from which Berzelius obtained the metal thorium, and which received the name thorite. ▪ II. thorite²\|ˈθɔəraɪt\| [f. Thor + -ite¹ 4.] An explosive of the ammonium nitrate class. 1899Westm. Gaz. 13 July 7/2 Thorite, a new explosive invented by Dr. Tuttle, of Tacoma,..stood severe tests... A red-hot iron was plunged into a can of thorite, but it merely ignited the particles that touched the iron.
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