The price of thorium these days is not how I remembered it. Back when I was in the sixth grade I made a cloud chamber for my physics class with thorium. My mom would drive me to the carbonic plant in town to pick up a block of dry ice for a dollar a day before demonstrating the chamber. Seeing thorium like this is nostalgic. Even though it is so expensive, I may buy some again to relive those happy years of my childhood when I first analyzed alpha and beta particles. All the best
@@luciteria I could totally show that off at a coin show :) People would freak out about radiation and all I would give them is a piece of paper that says "Radiation Shield" :D
Well, I'm guessing thorium (like uranium) would be a very hard to melt; I think that's the reason why they make those disks out of compressed powdered thorium.
The price of thorium these days is not how I remembered it. Back when I was in the sixth grade I made a cloud chamber for my physics class with thorium. My mom would drive me to the carbonic plant in town to pick up a block of dry ice for a dollar a day before demonstrating the chamber. Seeing thorium like this is nostalgic. Even though it is so expensive, I may buy some again to relive those happy years of my childhood when I first analyzed alpha and beta particles. All the best
Where did you even find thorium back then?
it is used in welding tungsten electrodes 2%. Also in high pressure xenon lamps for cinema. And xenon flashlights for yag lasers
I was under the impression that Thorium was "everywhere" and it was $50/kg (according to Copenhagen Atomics). Why is it hundreds per gram here?
He should make the first thorium coins. 1 Thori :) Awesome stuff just subbed. Also bought some purple gold from you all.
Awesome! Thank you! Not sure on the thorium coins, but a bar could be possible, but boy would it be expensive.
@@luciteria I could totally show that off at a coin show :) People would freak out about radiation and all I would give them is a piece of paper that says "Radiation Shield" :D
How much would a whole disc cost?
a kidney
like he said, 900 per gram, its about as dense as silver so i would guess it weights somwhere between 1 and 2 grams.
A lot
Too much!
Well, I'm guessing thorium (like uranium) would be a very hard to melt; I think that's the reason why they make those disks out of compressed powdered thorium.
As a matter of fact, thorium is much higher melting than uranium, it's in the vicinity of 1700 C.
1749c.
Sigh. Well, it’s sure used in the aerospace sector. Our tungsten tig welding electrodes are 2% thoriated.
Pls use the profit for a better microphone, I got Ear raped.
Sue him for a disc of Thorium....did you press charges?
@@chikkenbonz Why should he?
Exactly. What an incapable human. This is why we can’t have nice things.
As a audio engineer I actually like and appreciate the loud,urgently distorted, authorative spiel on this super rare metal. It enhanced the impact.
@@waterlife.1905,thorium is not rare!!!
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