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The first use of radium was in the preparation of luminescent paints for the instrument dials.
The first name was radium; some isotopes had in the past other names.
Uranium decay chains
Radium has no Latin name as it was unknown to the Romans. The name "Radium" is a synthetic Latin style name made up by its discover: Marie Curie.
Curium was named after Marie and Pierre Curie, two scientists noted for discovering radium and for their work on radioactivity.
The name is only radium, with the chemical symbol Ra.
radium and nitrogen
The atomic number of radium is 88.
The name radium is derived from the Latin language word radius, equivalent to radiation.
The name radium is derived from the Latin language word radius (= radiation).
RaBr2 is radium bromide.
The name radium is derived from the Latin language word radius, equivalent to radiation.