Today radium hasn't many important uses:
- radium-beryllium neutrons sources
- radium solutions as radon source and standards
- possible use in the radiotherapy of some cancers
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radium-226 isa radioactive element and has the form of a pellet or solution housed with in a ceramic outer housing
We have never stopped using radium. Many "trivial" uses and certain "inappropriate" medical uses were stopped decades ago. While many valid uses of radium have have stopped because better or safer materials (e.g. tritium, cobalt-60, caesium-137, promethium-147) have been found for those purposes, radium still has certain specialized medical and industrial uses where nothing else can yet take its place.
In the past radium was used for the radiotherapy of some cancers or as a component of luminescent paintings. Now radium has very limited uses: source of neutrons as Ra-Be, source of radon, research laboratories.
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Marie Curie identified the element, Radium, and developed uses for that radioactive material.
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. Now radium hasn't any use at home and in the industry.
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 in toothpaste, cosmetics, etc. These applications are not permitted now because radium is strongly radioactive and dangerous.
In the past radium was used for the radiotherapy of some cancers or as a component of luminescent paintings. Now radium has very limited uses: source of neutrons as Ra-Be, source of radon, research laboratories.
Radium is a chemical element, not a compound.
Radium is not a common commercial product.