Thorium-228 (Noun)
Meaning
Radioactive isotope of thorium with mass number 228.
Classification
Nouns denoting substances.
Examples
- The sample of thorium-228 was handled with extreme care due to its highly radioactive nature.
- Researchers carefully extracted the thorium-228 from the decay chain of thorium-232.
- The decay mode of thorium-228 is alpha decay, which releases a significant amount of energy.
- The production of thorium-228 in the nuclear reactor was closely monitored by the operators.
- Thorium-228 is an unstable isotope that quickly decays into other elements with a half-life of 1.91 years.