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Marie Curie was famous for discovering the element raduim and polonium..
Studying residues of uranium ores Marie Curie and Pierre Curie found that these residues are more radioactive than uranium; they attributed this radioactivity to unknown elements. They isolated these elements and named these elements polonium and radium.
Polonium applications: - neutron source (polonium-beryllium source) - in devices for the elimination of the static electricity - in devices for the elimination of the dust - initiator in nuclear weapons - isotopic heat source Radium has not today practical applications.
Polonium was discovered by Marie Curie and Pierre Curie in 1898 during a study on residues of uranium and thorium ores.
The discovery of polonium was a lesson in patience and passionate work for science, for all rational human beings.
Marie Curie
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Polonium was discovered by Marie and Pierre Curie in 1898, who were studying the residues of uranium pitchblende (after uranium separation) from Jachymow; the residue has a greater radioactivity than uranium.
Polonium has no odor.
Polonium is odorless.
Polonium has not a taste.
Polonium is not an insulator.The electrical resistivity of polonium is: 0, 40 microohm.meter.