Shelton / Manchester / Chattanooga / Lakehurst / Brevig / London / /
Company
Rhône-Poulenc Basic Chemicals Co. / Oak Ridge National Laboratory / Minerals Inc. / Reade Manufacturing Co. / Davison Specialty Chemical Co. / TABLE 2 U.S. FOREIGN TRADE / Renison Goldfields Consolidated Ltd. / /
Continent
Australia / /
Country
Sri Lanka / Norway / Thailand / Indonesia / Malaysia / United States / Brazil / Australia / North Korea / Nigeria / United Kingdom / China / South Africa / India / /
Currency
AUD / USD / /
IndustryTerm
metal / metal weighs / thorium metal / refined thorium products / silvery-white metal / owned subsidiary / Daughter products / mining / paint / oil / metallurgical applications / aerospace / rare-earth processors / food / energy / /
Organization
Bureau of the Census / U.S. Department of Energy / U.S. Department of the Treasury / U.S. Government / /
Person
Jons Jakob Berzelius / James B. Hedrick Thorium / /
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