thorium

Summary

thorium is a chemical element^[1]. thorium draws 1,536 Wikipedia views per month (chemical_element category, ranking #53 of 144).^[2]

Key Facts

• thorium is credited with the discovery of Jöns Jacob Berzelius^[3].
• thorium's instance of is recorded as chemical element^[4].
• thorium's instance of is recorded as lithophile^[5].
• Thor is named after thorium^[6].
• thorium's canonical SMILES is recorded as [Th]^[7].
• thorium's element symbol is recorded as Th^[8].
• thorium's chemical formula is recorded as Th^[9].
• thorium is part of period 7^[10].
• thorium is part of actinide^[11].
• thorium's Commons category is recorded as Thorium^[12].
• thorium's Unicode character is recorded as 釷^[13].
• thorium's time of discovery or invention is recorded as January 1, 1828^[14].
• thorium's found in taxon is recorded as Paris polyphylla var. chinensis^[15].
• thorium's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Thorium^[16].
• thorium's atomic number is recorded as {'amount': '+90'}^[17].
• thorium's Mohs' hardness is recorded as {'amount': '+3'}^[18].
• thorium's electronegativity is recorded as {'amount': '+1'}^[19].
• thorium's oxidation state is recorded as {'amount': '+4'}^[20].
• thorium's oxidation state is recorded as {'amount': '+3'}^[21].
• thorium's oxidation state is recorded as {'amount': '+2'}^[22].
• thorium's oxidation state is recorded as {'amount': '+1'}^[23].
• thorium's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia^[24].
• thorium's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[25].
• thorium's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[26].
• thorium's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include chemical element^[4] and lithophile^[5].

Origins

Thor is named after thorium^[6].

Use and Application

Part of include period 7^[10], a period^[28] and actinide^[11], a chemical series^[29].

Influence

Things named for thorium include thorianite^[30], a mineral species^[31]; WKW Wilk^[32], a weapon model^[33], founded in 2000^[34]; thorite^[35], a mineral species^[36]; and althupite^[37], a mineral species^[38].

Why It Matters

thorium draws 1,536 Wikipedia views per month (chemical_element category, ranking #53 of 144).^[2] thorium has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[39] thorium is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[40]

Entities named for thorium include thorianite^[30], a mineral species^[31]; WKW Wilk^[32], a weapon model^[33], founded in 2000^[34]; thorite^[35], a mineral species^[36]; and althupite^[37], a mineral species^[38].