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To: tflabo

haven’t heard much about that but I do know there are special welder’s rods made of ThorMag. ThorMag was also a popular item in the aerospace industry.


5 posted on 07/23/2017 8:50:48 PM PDT by ak267
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To: ak267

“haven’t heard much about that but I do know there are special welder’s rods made of ThorMag. ThorMag was also a popular item in the aerospace industry.”

It is radioactive enough to be unnerving. I use a (thorium salt soaked) lantern mantle to test my Geiger counters. I would definitely not keep this material in my pocket.


11 posted on 07/23/2017 9:22:28 PM PDT by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day")
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