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Jöns Jacob Berzelius honored the gods of his Swedish ancestors naming this element, now a powerful nuclear reactor fuel thorium DD $2,000 DJ CHEMISTRY 2024-10-22 #9187
Whosoever holds the hammer, if they be worthy, shall possess the power of this, discovered by a Swede in 1828 thorium $1,200 DJ SOME RANDOM ELEMENTS 2022-01-21 #8560
Swedish chemist Jöns Jacob Berzelius named this element for a thunder god thorium $1,200 DJ ELEMENTAL ETYMOLOGY 2019-10-29 #8082
It was identified in 1828 & named for a Norse deity, long before it was found to be a nuclear fuel thorium $2,000 DJ BRAVING THE ELEMENTS 2019-04-17 #7973
This element's name, from the Norse god of thunder, was first erroneously applied to yttrium phosphate thorium $400 J ELEMENTAL ETYMOLOGY 2013-12-17 #6732
Symbol Th, this element is named for a Norse god thorium DD $2,000 DJ ELEMENTAL ETYMOLOGY 2009-10-09 #5765
This element used in the mantles of some camping lanterns was named for the Norse god of thunder thorium $2,000 DJ THE ELEMENTS 2003-12-09 #4432
In 1828 a Norse god thundered onto the periodic table in the name of this element, No. 90 Thorium $400 DJ ELEMENT NAMES 2000-06-28 #3658
Used in some camping lanterns, it was named after the Norse god of thunder thorium $1,000 DJ THE ELEMENTS 1991-09-10 #1612
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