The early discovery of Radioactivity goes to a Frenchman named Henri Becquerel . In 1896, Henri got some natural fluorescent minerals to be experimented upon. The main purpose he wanted to experiment was to study on the x-ray properties which had already been discovered a year ago and he wanted to examine further. This experiment helped him to expose potassium uranyl sulfate to the rays of the sun believing that the energy of the sun would probably be absorbed by Uranium and them emit it outwards as X-Rays. Since there were changes in weather, the experiment had failed because the day was overcast.
There came a physicist named Marie Curie who made a great contribution to the discovery of Becquerel. Curie was the man who actually coined the radioactivity term. Hope this helps.
The process by which materials give off energy from a uranium atom was named radioactivity by Marie Curie in the early 20th century. She discovered that certain elements, like uranium, emit radiation spontaneously.
Radioactivity was first discovered in 1896 by the French scientist Henri Becquerel.
NO. Henri Becquerel was the discoverer of radioactivity.
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No, it was discovered by Marie and Pierre Curie. Other scientists also contributed, such as Henri Bequerel. (Bequerel is the S.I unit for radioactivity). No, Marie Curie discovered and named radioactivity. Sadly her research into radiation caused her death.
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Pierre and Marie Curie were the first people to discover radioactivity.
henri bacquerel discovered radioactivity in 1896.Artificial radioactivity was first discovered by Joliot Curie and her husband in 1934 while studying the effect of alpha particle bombardment on like elements like Aluminium
Marie Curie discovered RADIUM. Sir Henry Becquerel found radioactivity in 1896.
Radioactivity was discovered in the late 19th century. Radioisotopes have been discovered ever since then.