REFERENCES

"Thorium." Periodic Table of the Elements. 15Dec2003. University of California. 8 Apr 2009 <http://periodic.lanl.gov/elements/90.html>

This site appears to be similar to mine.  It has a few sentences on many topics of interest, and was a great start.

"Thorium: History." Nautilus. 8 Apr 2009 <http://nautilus.fis.uc.pt/st2.5/scenes-e/elem/e09010.html>

This site provided much of my information for the history of Thorium.  Its reliability seems questionable but it was backed up by many other sources.

"Thorium (Th) - Chemical properties, Health and Enviornmental effects." Lenntech. 1998. Lenntech. 8 Apr 2009 <http://www.lenntech.com/periodic-chart-elements/th-en.htm>

This was probably my most informative site.  It had plenty of accurate information about Thorium's applications, history, and properties.

"Thorium, Checmial Element - Overview, Discovery and naming, Physical properties, Chemical properties, Occurence in nature, Isotopes." Chemistry Explained. 2008. 8 Apr 2009 <http://www.chemistryexplained.com/elements/T-Z/Thorium.html>

This site provided mediocre info on history and properties of Thorium.  It was mostly reiterated by other sources.

Picture Citations-

http://rightdemocrat.blogspot.com/2008/11/is-thorium-key-to-energy-independence.html (front page yellow box)

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Thorium (electron structure)

http://webmineral.com/data/Thorite.shtml (thorite crystal)

http://students.hthcv.hightechhigh.org/~aruiz/fluorine.html (general thorium picture)

http://www.americanelements.com/thm.html (general thorium picture)

http://www.orau.org/ptp/collection/consumer%20products/mantle.htm (gas mantle)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/focuslight/page7/ (glass camera)