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Date: 1997-04-07 13:35:09
Nuclear fuels
Actinides
Nuclear materials
Thorium compounds
Thorium
Monazite
Gas mantle
Cerium
Rare earth element
Chemistry
Matter
Chemical elements

THORIUM By James B. Hedrick Thorium was discovered in 1828 by Swedish chemist and mineralogist Jons Jakob Berzelius. He named it thoria, after Thor, the ancient Norse god of thunder. He isolated the element from a black

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