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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
thorium
    n 1: a soft silvery-white tetravalent radioactive metallic
         element; isotope 232 is used as a power source in nuclear
         reactors; occurs in thorite and in monazite sands [syn:
         thorium, Th, atomic number 90]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Thorium \Tho"ri*um\, n. [NL. See Thorite.] (Chem.)
   A metallic element found in certain rare minerals, as
   thorite, pyrochlore, monazite, etc., and isolated as an
   infusible gray metallic powder which burns in the air and
   forms thoria; -- formerly called also thorinum. Symbol Th.
   Atomic weight 232.0.
   [1913 Webster]

3. The Elements (07Nov00)
thorium
Symbol: Th
Atomic number: 90
Atomic weight: 232.038
Grey radioactive metallic element. Belongs to actinoids. Found in
monazite sand
in Brazil, India and the US.  Thorium-232 has a half-life of 1.39x10^10
years.
Can be used as a nuclear fuel for breeder reactors. Thorium-232 captures
slow
neutrons and breeds uranium-233. Discovered by Jons J. Berzelius in
1829.


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