thoriated

An obsolete adjective describing something that has been treated with or contains thorium, a radioactive metallic element.

• 🇵🇹Adjetivo que descreve algo que foi tratado com tório ou que contém tório, um elemento metálico radioativo.

1. Containing thorium C1 informal

   Treated with or containing a small amount of thorium or thorium oxide, especially of a tungsten filament or electrode, to improve electron emission.

   • The welder switched to a thoriated tungsten electrode for the job.
   • Old vacuum tubes often used thoriated filaments.
   • Thoriated camera lenses from the 1950s can be slightly radioactive.

   🇵🇹Que contém tório