answersLogoWhite

0

Why were polonium and radium named?

User Avatar

Anonymous

14y ago
Updated: 8/19/2019

Polonium was named after Polonia and radium after radius (ray in the Latin language).

User Avatar

Wiki User

10y ago

What else can I help you with?

Related Questions

Who named polonium and radium?

Polonium was named after Poland by Marie and Pierre Curie.


What two elements did Marie Curie name?

Marie Skłodowska Curie and her husband Pierre discovered the elements polonium and radium in 1898, and named polonium for her native country Poland.


What element was named for Marie and Pierre Currie?

radioactivity,polonium,uranium,and radium.


What is a radium and a polonium?

Radium and polonium are radioactive natural chemical elements.


How do polonium and radium affect your life today?

Polonium and radium's affect on our lives today are for example the meters on our cars, they glow because of the radium and also some wristwatches the light you get when you press the button on the side. Radium was discovered by a woman named Marie Cuire, she's married, but she obviously died because of too much radium.


Radium and polonium are discovered to be radioactive?

Yes, radium and polonium are radioactive elements.


What effect did radium and polonium?

Polonium and radium are radioactive elements and toxic; they are dangerous.


How has the radium and polonium changed the world?

Radium and polonium doesn't changed the world.


How did polonium and radium affect history?

Polonium and radium doesn't affect history.


What radiations are emitted by radium and polonium?

Radium and polonium are principally alpha emitters.


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.


Is there any connection with radium and polonium?

Both radium and polonium are radioactive elements and are not stable.