thorium oxide
noun
variants
or thorium dioxide
: a refractory crystalline compound ThO2 obtained usually as a dense white powder by igniting thorium nitrate and used chiefly in incandescent gas mantles, in crucibles and refractories, in silica-free optical glass, and in catalysts
called also thoria
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