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Radium was first discovered in an ore called pitchblende
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Is radium a compound or a element?
Radium is a chemical element, not a compound.
What is found in the element radium?
Radium is an element; it has no sub-parts. Radium is a radioactive element, so it will slowly and spontaneously decay into other elements.
Is a radium a mixture?
Radium is a chemical element, not a mixture.
What is radium dust?
Dust of the radioactive element Radium.
Which family is the element Radium in?
Radium is in the alkaline earth metals.
What element is radium found in?
Radium is an element itself. It was isolated by Marie Curie from Pitchblende, an ore of Uranium.
What is the valence electrons for radium?
The valence of radium is 2+.
Is radium a type of science?
Radium is an element, atomic number 88.
Can you get power from the radioactive element radium?
Radium is not used to produce energy.
Who discovered radium and why is radium a very dangerous element?
marie curei
Why is radium called an element and not a chemical compound?
Radium is a chemical element; a compound has a minimum of two chemical elements.
Is radium more powerful then a radioactive element?
Your question is meaningless. Radium IS a radioactive element, and its power depends on the context. If you mean "is there an element more radioactive than radium" then yes, there are many, e.g. astatine.
