Some applications of polonium:
- neutron source as a mixture polonium-beryllium (also used for nuclear weapons)
- elimination of the dust from the surface of materials
- elimination of the static electricity
- radioactive heat source
Uses of polonium:
- neutron source (polonium-beryllium source)
- in devices for the elimination of the static electricity
- in devices for the elimination of the dust
- initiator in nuclear weapons
- isotopic heat source
The discovery of polonium is part of the overall picture of the Periodic Table of Elements which allows us to understand chemistry on a very fundamental level. However the element itself has not proved to be all that useful. One isotope of polonium was recently used to poison a Russian expatriate living in England, for political reasons.
Polonium radioactivity was discovered in 1898 (uranium radioactivity in 1896, radium radioactivity also in 1898).
For applications polonium is not important: polonium-beryllium neutron sources, radioactive heat-source, devices for the elimination of dust from textiles, etc.
Some applications of polonium:
- neutron source as a mixture polonium-beryllium (also used for nuclear weapons)
- elimination of the dust from the surface of materials
- elimination of the static electricity
- radioactive heat source
Polonium is between the most poisonous materials; the LD5o for polonium-210 is 1 microgram.
The discovery of polonium confirmed the Mendeleev prediction of dvi-tellurium.
uranium and polonium
Polonium is a nonmagnetic element.
Polonium is obtained now only as a result of nuclear reactions; the total world production is 100-200 g/year. Consequently the price is enormous.
Polonium is an amphoteric chemical element. Also is a member of the chalcogens elements family (group 16 in the periodic table of Mendeleev) and tellurium is also a metalloid.
Polonium is considered generally a metalloid.
Polonium doesn't affect the world.
Radium and polonium doesn't changed the world.
Now, polonium is not used in medical treatment.
Polonium is extremely toxic and also radioactive.
Polonium exist in traces in uranium and thorium ores.
Curie's discovery of radium and polonium helped the world because radium changed the way we control skin damage and cancer treatments. Polonium, named after Curie's birthplace, is changing how people use drugs, and tobacco.
The discovery of polonium was a lesson in patience and passionate work for science, for all rational human beings.
It was the element Polonium :) does that help?
Uses of polonium: - neutron source (polonium-beryllium source) - in devices for the elimination of the static electricity - in devices for the elimination of the dust - initiator in nuclear weapons - isotopic heat source
uranium and polonium
Polonium applications: - neutron source (polonium-beryllium source) - in devices for the elimination of the static electricity - in devices for the elimination of the dust - initiator in nuclear weapons - isotopic heat source Radium has not today practical applications.
Polonium is odorless.