Is thorium reactive?
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Nearly 100% of thorium found on Earth is thorium-232, which is only slightly radioactive because it has such a long half-life. (Uranium-235's half-life is 700 million years, shorter by a factor of 20.) Thorium is chemically reactive and is attacked by oxygen, hydrogen, the halogens and sulfur.
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Nearly 100% of thorium found on Earth is thorium-232, which is only slightly radioactive because it has such a long half-life. (Uranium-235's half-life is 700 million years, shorter by a factor of 20.) Thorium is chemically reactive and is attacked by oxygen, hydrogen, the halogens and sulfur.