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Today radium-226 is not used for radiotherapy.
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How did Marie Curie's discovery of Radium help kill cancer?
Marie Curie was a pioneer in the field of the treatment of some cancers by radium irradiation.
In what family would you classify radium?
Radium is a member of the alkaline earth metals group (group 2).
Is radium a compound or a element?
Radium is a chemical element, not a compound.
What is the cost of radium?
Radium is not a common commercial product.
What is radium chloride?
Radium chloride, RaCl2, was the first radium compound to be prepared in a pure state and was the basis of Marie Curie's original separation of radium from barium. The first preparation of radium metal was by the electrolysis of a solution of radium chloride using a mercury cathode.
What does Roberto Luongo's Foundation Louie saves lives do?
saves lives?
Will the internet saves lives?
Yes, there is now apps and other devices that will help you in a sign of a emergency.
How can testing on animals help save human lives?
It saves humans lives by checking the medicine to see weather or not it is safe to cure illness
Who were Pierre and Marie Curie?
Marie Curie discovered radium and won the Nobel Prize twice.She invented X-ray vans in the First World War to help save solidiers lives.
Radium-226 has a half-life of 1602 years. If you start out with 15 grams of radium-226 how much will be left after 3 half-lives?
1.875g
How do polonium and radium affect your life today?
Polonium and radium's affect on our lives today are for example the meters on our cars, they glow because of the radium and also some wristwatches the light you get when you press the button on the side. Radium was discovered by a woman named Marie Cuire, she's married, but she obviously died because of too much radium.
How is radium formed on earth?
Radium 226 (the most stable isotope) is a radioactive decay product of uranium; other isotopes of radium with short half lives exist in the thorium, actinium and neptunium decay series. See the link.
Why would you have radium therapy?
To help combat/control a cancer.
What are the good points about technology in your lives?
Technology saves lives.
Could you help me find a movie where there is an angel that possibly saves lives and he usually hides his wings underneath a trench coat?
Michael
How did Marie Curie's discovery of Radium help kill cancer?
Marie Curie was a pioneer in the field of the treatment of some cancers by radium irradiation.
What is good about kevlar?
it saves lives
