The Elements: Radium

The Elements: Radium

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  2. Chemistry
  3. Periodic Table
  4. Metals
  5. Metal Examples

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Learn why radium is so radioactive it can both cause and cure cancer.

Key facts

  • Marie and Pierre Curie discovered radium in 1898.
  • Radium is a product of the radioactive decay of uranium.
  • Exposure to radium is harmful.
  • Radium is an important medical tool and can treat cancer.

Transcript

Radium

In 1898, in this basic laboratory, Marie and Pierre Curie discovered an entirely new element.

Marie & Pierre Curie
1898

They discovered radium: a highly radioactive alkaline-earth metal.

Radium is an extremely scarce element. It is a product of the radioactive decay of uranium atoms.

The Curies isolated it from uranium ore, or …

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