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Why is radium radioactive?

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Is radium radioactive toxic or explosive?

Radium is strongly radioactive.


Is radium a radioactive gas?

Radium is a solid, radon is a gas. Both are radioactive.


Radium and polonium are discovered to be radioactive?

Yes, radium and polonium are radioactive elements.


If radium and chlorine combine to form radium chloride what is true about the compound?

As radium is radioactive, radium chloride would also be radioactive. Any compounds make with any radioactive material are radioactive, and they cannot be "not" radioactive. Radioactive material doesn't really care if it is "alone" or in compound; it will be radioactive in any case.


Which causes maximum radioactive contamination out of there sodium radium potassium?

Radium, by a big margin. Radium has no isotopes that are not radioactive, but no naturally occurring isotopes of potassium or sodium are radioactive.


What kind of metal is radium?

Yes. Radium is actually considered an alkaline earth metal. Its colour is nearly pure white, but when exposed to air, it turns black. Radium is also extremely radioactive. A link is provided to the Wikipedia article on radium.


What is radium dust?

Dust of the radioactive element 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.


Radioactive element beginning with R?

Radon and radium are radioactive.


How radium reflects in clocks?

It doesn't. Radium is radioactive. Radium plus a phosphor glows in the dark.


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