Thorium - Periodic Table of Videos
Thorium, element 90 on the periodic table. Extra footage: https://youtu.be/UHdhcfVVfZA More radioactive videos: http://bit.ly/radioactive_vids Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/periodi...
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We have had lots and lots of requests to make videos about thorium. People getreally excited about Thorium. We delayed making the video until we had a sampleof thorium and a friend, Max Whitby, who makes nice samples of elements, has toldus, on many occasions, that thorium is the hardest element to get hold of.One of the problems with thorium is simply obtaining it and there are now very, veryfew places in the world where you can buy any.Even laboratory suppliers don't sell it.Finally just before Christmas he, gave us a sample.Brady - What's that, you got it?And here is the sample. This is a sample of two bits of thorium wire.Now you can see the first problem with thorium is that it's radioactive,so you can't post it. I have no i...
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We have had lots and lots of requests to make videos about thorium. People getreally excited about Thorium. We delayed making the video until we had a sampleof thorium and a friend, Max Whitby, who makes nice samples of elements, has toldus, on many occasions, that thorium is the hardest element to get hold of.One of the problems with thorium is simply obtaining it and there are now very, veryfew places in the world where you can buy any.Even laboratory suppliers don't sell it.Finally just before Christmas he, gave us a sample.Brady - What's that, you got it?And here is the sample. This is a sample of two bits of thorium wire.Now you can see the first problem with thorium is that it's radioactive,so you can't post it. I have no i...
