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单词 thorium
释义 tho·ri·um
\ˈthōrēəm, ˈthȯr-\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: New Latin, from Thor, Norse god of thunder + New Latin -ium
: a radioactive tetravalent metallic element that occurs combined in minerals (as monazite and thorite) and usually associated with rare earths and principally as the isotope of mass number 232 having a half-life of 1.39 × 1010 years and emitting alpha particles to form mesothorium 1, that is obtained by reduction of its compounds as a pyrophoric gray powder or a heavy malleable metal changing from silvery white to dark gray or black in air, and that is used chiefly with tungsten or nickel electrodes in gas-discharge lamps and for conversion to fissionable uranium of mass number 233 by the absorption of neutrons and gamma rays — symbol Th; see actinium series, thorium series, uranium series; see element table
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