Wallace W. Schulz
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LOCATION: Wilmington, DE, United States
Nuclear separations consultant. Chief Scientist, Rockwell Hanford Company, Richland, Washington, 1980–88. Coeditor of Transuranium Elements and others.
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Thorium processing, preparation of the ore for use in various products. Thorium (Th) is a dense (11.7 grams per cubic centimetre) silvery metal that is softer than steel. It has a high melting temperature of approximately 1,750 °C (3,180 °F). Below about 1,360 °C (2,480 °F), the metal exists in the…
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