Term Gallery logo

Meanings of thorium in inglés

ruso
торий
portugués
elemento 90
español
th
catalán
tori
Wikidata

Chemical element with the atomic number of 90.

Related terms
th
Usage of thorium in inglés
1
Uranium certainly is; thorium-thestuff of this incandescent gas mantle-certainlyis; actinium.
The World Set Free
2
Cracking can also result in byproducts like tantallum, zirconium or radioactive thorium.
Reuters
3
Emperor of all the metal molecules and king of the thorium spurs.
Rip Foster in Ride the Gray Planet
4
And unlike uranium, thorium's by-products cannot be made into a nuclear bomb.
BBC
5
No, she told me, because thorium reactors are not a proven technology.
The Guardian
6
The BBC's Roger Harrabin reports from a thorium test-site in southern Norway.
BBC
7
It wasn't practical to take the thorium rock in for a landing.
Rip Foster in Ride the Gray Planet
8
Two active deposits, thorium A and B, arise successively from the emanation.
Darwin and Modern Science
9
Rip saw a few low pyramids of thorium a few rods away.
Rip Foster in Ride the Gray Planet
10
But when mixed with fine carbon, thorium alpha contamination makes a mess.
Rip Foster in Ride the Gray Planet
11
There are a number of different ways to use thorium to produce electricity.
The Guardian
12
China's new program is the largest national thorium-MSR initiative to date.
Wired
13
A somewhat similar pedigree has been made out in the case of thorium.
Darwin and Modern Science
14
This asteroid might have been a pocket of pure thorium in the planet.
Rip Foster in Ride the Gray Planet
15
Moving toward a thorium fuel cycle has a lot of unknowns.
Wired
16
After the fission events, the thorium would absorb a neutron and become thorium-233.
The disappearing spoon: and other true tales of madness, love, a...
About this term
More collocations
Translations for thorium
español
thtorio
Thorium through the time
Thorium across language varieties
United States of America
Common