Radium

Information
Atomic
Number: 88
Atomic Mass:
226
Protons: 88
Neutrons: 138
Electrons: 88

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 Common Uses

Radium is used to make

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self-luminous paints for
watches, aircraft
instrument dials and
other instrumentation.

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 Discovery
Marie Sklodowska Curie
discovered radium who is a
Polish chemist and Pierre
Curie, a French chemist, in
1898.

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 Interesting fact
Like all radioactive materials,
radium is a dangerous substance to
handle. The radiation it gives off
can kill living cells. This property is
desirable in treating cancer.Killing
cancer cells can help a patient
recover from the disease.
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 More facts!!
● Melting Point: 700°C, 1292°F
● Boiling Point: 1140°C, 2084°F
● The element "curium" is named for the
discoverers of radium.
● Marie Curie also discovered the element
polonium while experimenting with pitchblende.
● Before the dangers of radiation were
understood, radium was called the wonder
metal because it gave off heat and light.
● Radium is part of a decay chain where it will
slowly decay into radon, then polonium, and
finally lead.

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Bohr's model
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 Selling Price
$250 per gram
Radium is made with the mineral uraninite. It
was the first radioactive element made. It
can be extremely dangerous it can kill someone.
It can glow in the dark. The unit for
measuring radioactivity is called the "curie"
after scientists Marie and Pierre Curie. If
you want to kill someone or you want to glow.