Re: thorium nitrate

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1 total messages Started by Raymond A. Rogoway Tue, 28 Feb 1995 05:59

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Author: Raymond A. Rogoway
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 1995 05:59

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Thorium nitrate was used in a Project Physics experiment, entitled Half-Life.
The isotope that is isolated is Thallium-208. The Thorium nitrate is treated
with a nitric acid solution and pour through an ammonium phosphomolybdate (love
that word) slurry. The Thallium-208 adsorbs and is counted w/a geiger counter
(which counts geigers?). Th-208 has a half-life of 3.1 min so students can
measure multiple half-lives during a period.
I have done the experiment for a number of years and it works well. However,
disposal in today's envirorisk society is getting to be a problem.

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