Meaning of thoria

tho•ri•a

Pronunciation: (thôr'ē-u, thōr'-), [key]

— n. Chem.

a white, heavy, water-insoluble powder, ThO, used chiefly in incandescent mantles, as the Welsbach gas mantle. Also called

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