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The discovery of thorium (Th) is attributed to Berzelius in 1828. The name thorium was derived from Thor, Scandinavian god of war. Interest in the metal and its oxide lagged until about 1884.
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Dutta, S.K., Lodhari, D.R. (2018). Thorium. In: Extraction of Nuclear and Non-ferrous Metals. Topics in Mining, Metallurgy and Materials Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5172-2_6
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