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Probably after 1910, for luminescent dial paints.
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What was radium used for in the late 1800s through the early 1900s?
Radium was discovered in 1898 !
Who founded radium?
radium was founded by Marie curie and Pierre curie.it was termed rad which means first in polonium since it was the first radioactive substance to be discovered
What happend when Pierre Curie tested radium on his skin?
skin turned grayish, hurt, and he thought radium could be used in treating cancer. that was later proved after his death.
What equipment did Marie Curie use to discover polonium and radium?
She used an electrometer.
What does radium smell like?
radium has NO odor
How is radium used in asphalt?
Radium is not used in asphalt.
How is radium used in prostrate cancer?
radium is helped with cancer by radium is helped with cancer by
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.
Where did radium get its symbol?
The name radium comes from a Latin word radius, which means ray. It was named this because the chemists found that photographic effects were similar at light rays.
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.
What does the element radium occur in?
Radium was first discovered in an ore called pitchblende
Did radium help saves lives?
Today radium-226 is not used for radiotherapy.
First element known to be radioactive?
Radium (Ra) atomic number 88
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.
