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Radium was used in the past as a radioactive source in the radiotherapy of some cancers.
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What were Marie Curie's main contributions?
Pioneer in the discovery of radioactivity.
How does radium cures cancer?
beta particles can cure skin cancer but not inside the body
How does polonium radium cure some cancers?
polonium hasn't medical applications.Radium is sometimes used to treat bones cancers.
How do the properties of radium differ from the properties of the compounds formed by radium?
Radium glows in the dark and is radioactive. When it decays into Radon gas, it emits alpha particles. It is fairly close to its compound radiumchlorite because like radium, it also decays emiting alpha particles. However, radiumchlorite is used to help cure canser. Overal, radium is like its most comon compound but can also have properties not related to its compounds at all.
What is the future for 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 to cure some cancers.
Why is marry currie famous for study of science?
because she found radium. She found a cure for polio. She aslo studied spiders to help people out about knowing about spiders.
How do you spell radium?
radium
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 is radium common name?
The first name was radium; some isotopes had in the past other names.
What city is farther west Port Radium or Guadalajara?
PORT RADIUM
