Monday 24 September 2018

Thorium




Marie Curie discovers radioactive elements Thorium, Polonium and Radium



Thorium: Key discovery in our understanding of the radioactive elements

Thorium 232 Decay chain 


Thorium decays to Cancer causing isotopes


Thorium increases the risk of liver cancer, angiosarcoma, cholangiocarcinoma


Thorium Dioxide (Thorotrast) was used as a radiographic contrast agent in 1930

Liver cancer incidence in patients injected with Thorotrast was 80 %



Thorium Reserves 




Thorium Nuclear Reactor


Energy created by 1 tonne of Thorium is equivalent to 3.5 million tonne of Coal



Half lives of  Radioactive elements

Thorium 14 Billion years




Thorium other applications



Snapshot 

Thorium is named after Thor 
















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