https://padlet.com/im_cringey/jfh35tzj7cxa en-us 2017-10-23 16:20:21 UTC 2025-11-22 14:48:29 UTC hello@padlet.com im_cringey https://padlet.com/im_cringey/jfh35tzj7cxa/wish/199668402 2017-10-23 16:35:11 UTC https://padlet.com/im_cringey/jfh35tzj7cxa/wish/199668402 im_cringey https://padlet.com/im_cringey/jfh35tzj7cxa/wish/199668656 Discovered by Swedish scientist Jöns Jacob Berzelius in 1828.]]> 2017-10-23 16:35:40 UTC https://padlet.com/im_cringey/jfh35tzj7cxa/wish/199668656 im_cringey https://padlet.com/im_cringey/jfh35tzj7cxa/wish/199669467 Atomic Number: 90
Atomic Weight: 232.0377
Melting Point: 2023 K (1750°C or 3182°F)
Boiling Point: 5061 K (4788°C or 8650°F)
Density: 11.72 grams per cubic centimeter
Phase at Room Temperature: Solid
Element Classification: Metal
Period Number: 7    Group Number: none    Group Name: Actinide]]> 2017-10-23 16:37:11 UTC https://padlet.com/im_cringey/jfh35tzj7cxa/wish/199669467 im_cringey https://padlet.com/im_cringey/jfh35tzj7cxa/wish/199671664 Thorium is used as an alloying agent to improve magnesium's strength at high temperatures. Thorium is also used to coat tungsten filaments used in electronic devices, such at television sets. When bombarded with neutrons, thorium-232 becomes thorium-233, which eventually decays into uranium-233 through a series of beta decays.]]> 2017-10-23 16:41:03 UTC https://padlet.com/im_cringey/jfh35tzj7cxa/wish/199671664 im_cringey https://padlet.com/im_cringey/jfh35tzj7cxa/wish/199674034 2017-10-23 16:45:03 UTC https://padlet.com/im_cringey/jfh35tzj7cxa/wish/199674034 im_cringey https://padlet.com/im_cringey/jfh35tzj7cxa/wish/199675108 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2145535-thorium-could-power-the-next-generation-of-nuclear-reactors/

https://education.jlab.org/itselemental/ele090.html

http://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/current-and-future-generation/thorium.aspx

http://www.rsc.org/periodic-table/element/90/thorium]]> 2017-10-23 16:46:59 UTC https://padlet.com/im_cringey/jfh35tzj7cxa/wish/199675108 im_cringey https://padlet.com/im_cringey/jfh35tzj7cxa/wish/199677305 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oK6Rs6yFsM]]> 2017-10-23 16:50:50 UTC https://padlet.com/im_cringey/jfh35tzj7cxa/wish/199677305 im_cringey https://padlet.com/im_cringey/jfh35tzj7cxa/wish/202162109 2017-10-31 14:38:27 UTC https://padlet.com/im_cringey/jfh35tzj7cxa/wish/202162109 im_cringey https://padlet.com/im_cringey/jfh35tzj7cxa/wish/202162294 Thorium is also used to coat tungsten filaments used in electronic devices, such as the lens of this camera.]]> 2017-10-31 14:38:44 UTC https://padlet.com/im_cringey/jfh35tzj7cxa/wish/202162294 im_cringey https://padlet.com/im_cringey/jfh35tzj7cxa/wish/202163558 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7baTdyHv8g]]> 2017-10-31 14:40:56 UTC https://padlet.com/im_cringey/jfh35tzj7cxa/wish/202163558 im_cringey https://padlet.com/im_cringey/jfh35tzj7cxa/wish/202165895 2017-10-31 14:44:51 UTC https://padlet.com/im_cringey/jfh35tzj7cxa/wish/202165895 im_cringey https://padlet.com/im_cringey/jfh35tzj7cxa/wish/202167119 Thorium is immensely important in the creation of electronics and different types of technology. Without its alloying agents, who knows, maybe the technology we have wouldn't be the same. Maybe it would even be less advanced. Who knows. But now Thorium could potentially be used in power generators, proving it is even more useful.]]> 2017-10-31 14:47:01 UTC https://padlet.com/im_cringey/jfh35tzj7cxa/wish/202167119 im_cringey https://padlet.com/im_cringey/jfh35tzj7cxa/wish/202171013 2017-10-31 14:52:50 UTC https://padlet.com/im_cringey/jfh35tzj7cxa/wish/202171013 im_cringey https://padlet.com/im_cringey/jfh35tzj7cxa/wish/202171913 2017-10-31 14:54:22 UTC https://padlet.com/im_cringey/jfh35tzj7cxa/wish/202171913 im_cringey https://padlet.com/im_cringey/jfh35tzj7cxa/wish/202172419 2017-10-31 14:55:14 UTC https://padlet.com/im_cringey/jfh35tzj7cxa/wish/202172419