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Definition of Thorium-228
1. Noun. Radioactive isotope of thorium with mass number 228.
Definition of Thorium-228
1. Noun. (isotope) A radioactive isotope of thorium, (nuclide 228 90 Th), having a half-life of 1.4 x 1010 years; it occurs naturally, and is a source of nuclear energy ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thorium-228
Literary usage of Thorium-228
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Nature of Matter and Electricity: An Ouline of Modern Views by Daniel Frost Comstock, Leonard Thompson Troland (1917)
"THORIUM SERIES 90 Thorium 232.4 Cerium (h) 88 Meso-Thorium 1 228 Radium (i) 89
Meso-Thorium 2 228 Actinium (i) 90 Radio-Thorium 228 Thorium (i) 88 Thorium X ..."
2. Nuclear Security: Doe Needs Better Information to Guide Its Expanded by Gene Aloise (2006)
"... plutoni um- 240, thorium-228, and thorium-239. Although these radionuclides
are not prevalently used by licensees, they are used at DOE facilities. ..."
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