thorium的词源

英文词源

thorium (n.)

rare metallic element, 1832, Modern Latin, named by its discoverer, Swedish chemist Jöns Jakob Berzelius (1779-1848) from thorite (silicate of thorium), the name of a mineral found in Norway from which it was extracted (which Berzelius also had named, as thoria, in 1828), and named in honor of the Scandinavian god Thor. With chemical ending -ium.

中文词源

thorium：钍

来自 Thor,雷神索尔，-ium,元素后缀。由其发现者 19 世纪瑞典化学家 Jons Jakob Berzelius 以北欧神话中的英雄人物雷神索尔命名。

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