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Polonium is more toxic and has a specific radioactivity greater than uranium but cannot be used in nuclear weapons.

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Which element is more radioactive than uranium?

polonium, radium, plutonium and many others


When and how polonium was discovered?

Studying residues of uranium ores Marie Curie found that these residues are more radioactive than uranium; she attributed this radioactivity to an unknown element. She isolated this element and named this element polonium.


Where did polonium come from?

Polonium is a radioactive chemical element, extremely rare, accompanying uranium in some ores; now polonium is obtained by nuclear reactions.


What is polonium made out of?

Polonium is a chemical element. So the only thing it is made of are polonium atoms.


What is an intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores?

Radium and polonium


Why did Marie Curie discover polonium?

Studying residues of uranium ores Marie Curie found that these residues are more radioactive than uranium; she attributed this radioactivity to a new element. She isolated this element and named polonium.


What is the abundance of polonium on earth?

Polonium is a rare radioactive element on Earth. It is not found in nature in large quantities and is mostly produced as a byproduct of uranium and thorium decay. The abundance of polonium in the Earth's crust is estimated to be about 0.1 parts per trillion.


Where is polonium located?

1. Polonium is a very rare radioactive element accompanying uranium ores. 2. In the Mendeleev table of elements polonium is situated in the 6th period.


What is polonium on the periodic table?

Polonium is a radioactive element. It is produced when naturally occurring uranuium-238 decays and is distributed into the crust of the Earth in small amounts. It has been found in tobacco and in uranium ores.


One of the most radioactive elements discovered by the curies was uranium?

No. The Curies did not discover uranium. They discovered polonium and radium, of which polonium is more radioactive.


In what form does polonium occur in nature?

Polonium is a very rare chemical element accompanying uranium in ores (probably in the form of an oxide).


Is polonium most radioactive element?

no it is not i believe it is uranium uranium is only a mild alpha emitter, radium is most radioactive natural element, then polonium. The best candidate among the first 92 elements is probably astatine. All three of its naturally occurring isotopes have half-lives of less than a minute.