For gamma radiations: gamma radiometry, gamma spectrometry For fluorescence: irradiation with UV light in a dark room But Becquerel had only photographic plates in 1896.
Minerals that contain uranium or radium can be detected by methods such as gamma-ray spectroscopy, alpha spectroscopy, or mass spectrometry. These techniques can detect the specific radiation emitted by uranium and radium isotopes present in the minerals.
Radium has not its own minerals; radium exist in extremely low concentrations in uranium and thorium ores.
Absolutely none. Radium is element #88, while uranium is element #92. They are two completely different entities. If you are referring to uranium ores, it is a different story. The ratio is about 3 metric tons of uranium to 1 gram of radium. Oxygen and other elements are also present in uranium ore. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranium#Oxides
Now radium hasn't practical applications. Uranium has many applications as nuclear fuel and also in nuclear weapons and strong tank armors.
Radium exist in uranium ores but in very low concentrations.
Minerals that contain uranium or radium can be detected by methods such as gamma-ray spectroscopy, alpha spectroscopy, or mass spectrometry. These techniques can detect the specific radiation emitted by uranium and radium isotopes present in the minerals.
Radium is a decay product of uranium.
Radium has not its own minerals; radium exist in extremely low concentrations in uranium and thorium ores.
Absolutely none. Radium is element #88, while uranium is element #92. They are two completely different entities. If you are referring to uranium ores, it is a different story. The ratio is about 3 metric tons of uranium to 1 gram of radium. Oxygen and other elements are also present in uranium ore. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranium#Oxides
Uranium and radium, and a number of others, are natural elements found in the ground, and they are radioactive.
Now radium hasn't practical applications. Uranium has many applications as nuclear fuel and also in nuclear weapons and strong tank armors.
Radium exist in very small concentrations in uranium ores.
Radium exist in uranium ores but in very low concentrations.
Because radium is a decay product of uranium or thorium.
Radium is a decay product of uranium and is therefore found in all uranium-bearing ores. (One metric ton of pitchblende yields 0.0001 grams of radium). Radium was originally acquired from pitchblende ore from Joachimsthal, Bohemia, in the Czech Republic. Carnotite sands in Colorado provide some of the element, but richer ores are found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Great Lakes area of Canada, and can also be extracted from uranium processing waste. Large radium-containing uranium deposits are located in Canada (Ontario), the United States (New Mexico, Utah, and Virginia), Australia, and in other places.
Radium exist in very low concentrations in uranium and thorium ores.
Radium is not more powerful than uranium. Both radium and uranium are radioactive elements with different properties and uses. Radium is a decay product of uranium and is less commonly found in nature.