rogerxd45 Posted October 22, 2011 Posted October 22, 2011 so after lots of searching i have been unable to find out if it is possible to do a displacement reaction with thorium nitrate. ive done the displacement reactions with silver nitrate as well as copper sulfate. so i have some thorium nitrate that is my thorium sample for my element collection and i would much rather have thorium metal instead of a compound. is it possible and if it is what metal should i use? copper, iron, aluminium, ect.
elementcollector1 Posted October 22, 2011 Posted October 22, 2011 First, how on earth did you get thorium nitrate? ... I want some thorium nitrate. Anyway, aluminum would be good, but magnesium would be best if you had it. Keep in mind, though, that pure thorium is attacked slowly by water. <INSERT MASSIVE THORIUM RADIATION WARNING HERE> I would suggest a lead-coated vial, or lead sheeting for keeping this stuff around.
rogerxd45 Posted October 22, 2011 Author Posted October 22, 2011 First, how on earth did you get thorium nitrate? ... I want some thorium nitrate. Anyway, aluminum would be good, but magnesium would be best if you had it. Keep in mind, though, that pure thorium is attacked slowly by water. <INSERT MASSIVE THORIUM RADIATION WARNING HERE> I would suggest a lead-coated vial, or lead sheeting for keeping this stuff around. shoot me a pm
salsashark Posted December 13, 2011 Posted December 13, 2011 I was thinking it might be possible to do this via electrolysis. I know thorium metal is air stable for a long time. I actually found this thread googling the same question and decided to join. Once I figure out this forum I will post pictures of my element collection too.
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