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The short version is that, just as certain numbers of electrons give inert elements and certain other numbers give highly reactive elements, the stability of a nucleus is dependent on the number of neutrons and protons. Some isotopes of gold contain the proper numbers of nucleons to be stable; no isotopes of radium do, so radium is radioactive.
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∙ 6y agoNo element is "more important" than any other element.
However every element has different properties than those of other elements, making each useful for different things that humans wish to do.
Radium is much much rarer than gold and harder to extract from its ore, making it more expensive by orders of magnitude.
All isotopes of radium are intensely radioactive: emitting alpha, beta, and gamma radiation. The single naturally occurring isotope of gold is not radioactive.
All isotopes of radium are decay products on the uranium decay chains.
Gold has the unusual property of being the only metal malleable enough that it can be hammered down to a sheet one atom thick without ripping (i.e. gold leaf).
Radium's radioactivity has made it useful in medical treatment of cancer.
Gold is useful in the medical treatment of gout.
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∙ 11y agowhy radium is more precious than gold
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What element is 2 million times more radioactive than Uranium?
radium
What element is 1 million times more radioactive than uranium?
Radium (Ra)
Which element is more radioactive than uranium?
polonium, radium, plutonium and many others
Is radium more powerful then uranium?
The most dangerous of these is Polonium, the isotope of Po 210 has specific activity of 166 tera Bq for each gram. An ingested microscopic speck of 0.1 microgram would be lethal.
Name the element which is two million times more radioactive than uranium?
Radium (Ra)
What was more precious than gold to the west Africans?
Salt was more important than gold to the West Africans.
What are more reactive than lead?
radium
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.
What elements did Marie Curie discovered?
She discovered the elements Polonium, which was named after her homeland, and radium. Polonium is 4x more radioactive than uranium and radium is 10x more radioactive than uranium.
What did europeans gain from the Indians that proved more important than gold?
Sugar
What element is 2 million times more radioactive than Uranium?
radium
Which city in the northeast attacked by terrorists in 2001?
water is an important resource of the west more important even than gold.
Which city in the northeast was attacked by terrorists in 2001?
water is an important resource of the west more important even than gold.
Which element is more radioactive than uranium?
polonium, radium, plutonium and many others
What element is 1 million times more radioactive than uranium?
Radium (Ra)
What is the theme of the story the Gold Cadillac?
I think that the theme is... love is more important than appearance.
Is radium more powerful then uranium?
The most dangerous of these is Polonium, the isotope of Po 210 has specific activity of 166 tera Bq for each gram. An ingested microscopic speck of 0.1 microgram would be lethal.
