Thorium is a proliferation based controlled substance called source material. To use thorium in an experiment, you need a licence from the NRC.
https://www.nrc.gov/materials/srcmaterial.html Source material can also be a combination of thorium, depleted uranium, and natural uranium and the material can be in any physical or chemical form. Ores that contain uranium, thorium, or any combination thereof, at one-twentieth of one percent (0.05 percent) or more by weight are source material. On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 10:05 PM JonesBeene <[email protected]> wrote: > Palladium is considered fully loaded when the ratio of hydrogen to metal > is 1:1. > > > > Several metals will form stable hydrides with 3 protons per each metal > atom. Anything more than 3 per metal atom could be called a superhydride. > > > > Query: What is the only metal in the periodic table which can be reduced > beyond the level of 3 protons? > > > > Answer: Thorium is the only known metal which will form stable hydride > bonds with more than 3 protons at standard temperature and pressure. > > > > Thorium must be heated to load to this high ratio but when it is loaded > and cooled the ultra high loading is fully stable at STP. > > > > Bonus: Th4H15 is superconducting below the transition temperature of 8 K. > > > > One would think that this natural superhydride – Th4H15 -- the only one > in nature at STP - would be a strong candidate for LENR. > > > > One also wonders if what seems to be “official neglect” for this hydride > reflects an apprehension that it could be weaponized? > > > > Jones >
