THORIUM, Th (90)
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THORIUM
Th (90)
ˈθɔːriəm
PHONETICS
Thorium is one of only three radioactive elements that occur naturally in large quantities as a primordial element (the other two being bismuth and uranium). As a metal and exposed to air, it is weakly radioactive. All its known isotopes are unstable, with the six naturally occurring ones (thorium-227, 228, 230, 231, 232, and 234) having half-lives between 25.52 hours and 14.05 billion years.
ELEMENT BRIEF
1829 by Jöns Berzelius, Sweden.
DISCOVERY
From the name Thor, the mythological Scandinavian god of war.
ETYMOLOGY
Thorium
ELEMENT
Th
SYMBOL
90
ATOMIC NUMBER
7440-29-1
CAS NUMBER

ELEMENTAL SPECTRUM
Silver
ELEMENTAL COLOUR
-
REFRACTIVE INDEX
0.270
POISSON RATIO
19.706 cm³
MOLAR VOLUME
400.00M Pa, 3.947'7k Atm
BRINELL HARDNESS
3.00
MOHS HARDNESS
350.00M Pa, 3.454'2k Atm
VICKERS HARDNESS
2,490 m/s, Mach 7.259'5
SPEED OF SOUND
54.00G Pa, 532.938'6k Atm
BULK MODULUS
31.00G Pa, 305.946'2k Atm
SHEAR MODULUS
79.00G Pa, 779.669'4k Atm
YOUNG MODULUS
ALLOTROPES
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2,023.15 K, 1,750.00 °C
MELTING POINT
5,093.15 K, 4,820.00 °C
BOILING POINT
403.15 K, 130.00 °C
AUTOMATIC IGNITION
-
FLASHPOINT
-
CRITICAL TEMPERATURE
-
CRITICAL PRESSURE
54.000'000 W/(m K)
THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY
0.000'011'0 K¯¹
THERMAL EXPANSION
118.00 J/(kg K)
SPECIFIC HEAT
16.000 kJ/mol
HEAT FUSION
530.000 kJ/mol
HEAT VAPORISATION
-
HEAT COMBUSTION
-
CURIE POINT
-
NEEL POINT
-
ADIABATIC INDEX
Solid
PHASE
Conductor
ELECTRICAL TYPE
6.70M S/m
CONDUCTIVITY
150.00n Ω.m
RESISTIVITY
1.380 K
SUPERCONDUCTING POINT
-
MAGNETIC TYPE
0.000'000'005'3
MASS SUSCEPTIBILITY
0.000'000'001'230'00
MOLAR SUSCEPTIBILITY
0.000'062'100'00
VOLUME SUSCEPTIBILITY
Actinide
CLASSIFICATION
231.035'595'0
ATOMIC WEIGHT
180 pm
ATOMIC RADIUS
175 pm
COVALENT RADIUS SINGLE BOND
143 pm
COVALENT RADIUS DOUBLE BOND
136 pm
COVALENT RADIUS TRIPLE BOND
237 pm
VAN DER WAALS RADIUS
[Rn]7s²6d²
ELECTRON CONFIGURATION
Cubic, Face-centred
CRYSTAL STRUCTURE
11.724'00 g/cm³
DENSITY AS SOLID
-
DENSITY AS LIQUID
-
DENSITY AS GAS
Fm_3m
SPACE GROUP NAME
225
SPACE GROUP NUMBER
π/2, π/2 π/2
LATTICE ANGLES
508.42, 508.42 508.42 pm
LATTICE CONSTANTS
4
VALENCE
1.3
ELECTRONEGATIVITY
-
ELECTRON AFFINITY
IONISATION ENERGY
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0.000'000'04 %
UNIVERSE
0.000'003'9 %
METEORITES
0.000'000'094 %
SUN
0.000'6 %
EARTH CRUST
0.000'000'000'004 %
OCEANS
-
HUMANS
1.41 x 10¹⁰ Years
HALF LIFE
2.03 x 10¹⁰ Years
LIFETIME
6d² = 6, 2, -1, +1/2
QUANTUM NUMBERS
13.360'00 b σs
NEUTRON CROSS SECTION
7.370'00 b σa
NEUTRON MASS ABSORPTION
STABLE ISOTOPES
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UNSTABLE ISOTOPES
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