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?
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
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?
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.
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!
Sigh. Well, it’s sure used in the aerospace sector. Our tungsten tig welding electrodes are 2% thoriated.
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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!!!