Talk:Thorium


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Use in cavity magnetrons filaments (used in microwave ovens)
The page on cavity magnetrons states Thorium is used in the filaments of the magnetron. It would be interesting to find references to support this and to mention it under the applications for / uses of Thorium.

Thoria used in Vacuum Tubes
In the early 1920, the use of Thoria was discovered to improve Vacuum Tubes, see the following https://archive.org/details/70yearsofradiotu00stok/mode/2up?q=thoria 2600:8803:7D00:5B10:312D:2FED:8211:778B (talk) 00:47, 14 July 2024 (UTC)


 * Thanks, I included that ref and used it to correct some erroneous content. Johnjbarton (talk) 02:35, 14 July 2024 (UTC)