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Probably not, but the radioactive isotope Plutonium-238 is used in nuclear-powered pacemakers.
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How is radium used in prostrate cancer?
radium is helped with cancer by radium is helped with cancer by
Did radium help saves lives?
Today radium-226 is not used for radiotherapy.
What type of experiments did Marie curie conduct?
she made a new element. the element was radium. radium is used in matirials such as lipstick!!!!!!!! She found the isolation of poloniam and radium and used radium for x-rays which helped in a war.
What does radium have to do with cancer?
1. Radium was used in the past for the radiotherapy of some cancers. 2. But because radium is strongly radioactive uncontrolled irradiation or contamination with radium can lead to some cancers.
What are some things that are made of radium?
Today radium has only limited applications in research laboratories, for example for the preparation of radon standard solutions, in neutron sources of the type Ra-Be, etc. Possible use in radiotherapy of some cancers. Radium was used in the past for luminescent painting of watches and other instruments, was used rarely in toothpaste, cosmetics, etc. These applications are not permitted now because radium is strongly radioactive and dangerous.
How is plutonium used in heart pacemakers?
Yes, the isotope plutonium 238 was used in the past as power source for pacemakers.
How is radium used in asphalt?
Radium is not used in asphalt.
What element is used in pacemakers?
curium
How is radium used in prostrate cancer?
radium is helped with cancer by radium is helped with cancer by
Are pacemakers still used today?
Yes.
Radium what is it used for?
It isn't used for anything anymore--they have better, safer isotopes to do the things radium was once used for.
Can you get power from the radioactive element radium?
Radium is not used to produce energy.
Did radium help saves lives?
Today radium-226 is not used for radiotherapy.
Why is platinum used for pacemakers?
platinum is a metal that never corrodes
What cancers were treated by polonium and radium?
Polonium is not used for the treatment of cancers. Radium is used to treat bone cancers.
What does radium cure?
Radium was used in the past as a radioactive source in the radiotherapy of some cancers.
What was radium used for in the late 1800s through the early 1900s?
Radium was discovered in 1898 !
