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What mineral contains radium?
Radium has not its own minerals; radium exist in extremely low concentrations in uranium and thorium ores.
How much radium is present in uranium?
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
What kind of rock is radium found in?
Radium was discovered by Marie Sklodowska Curie, a Polish chemist, and Pierre Curie, a French chemist, in 1898. Marie Curie obtained radium from pitchblende, a material that contains uranium, after noticing that unrefined pitchblende was more radioactive than the uranium that was separated from it. She reasoned that pitchblende must contain at least one other radioactive element. Curie needed to refine several tons of pitchblende in order to obtain tiny amounts of radium and polonium, another radioactive element discovered by Curie. One ton of uranium ore contains only about 0.14 grams of radium. Today, radium can be obtained as a byproduct of refining uranium and is usually sold as radium chloride (RaCl2) or radium bromide (RaBr2) and not as a pure material.
Is radium less powerful than uranium?
Now radium hasn't practical applications. Uranium has many applications as nuclear fuel and also in nuclear weapons and strong tank armors.
Where is the radium located?
Radium exist in uranium ores but in very low concentrations.
Why is radium found in uranium ores but not in barium ores?
Radium is a decay product of uranium.
What mineral contains radium?
Radium has not its own minerals; radium exist in extremely low concentrations in uranium and thorium ores.
How much radium is present in uranium?
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
Is uranium and radium produced from radioactive elements?
Uranium and radium, and a number of others, are natural elements found in the ground, and they are radioactive.
What kind of rock is radium found in?
Radium was discovered by Marie Sklodowska Curie, a Polish chemist, and Pierre Curie, a French chemist, in 1898. Marie Curie obtained radium from pitchblende, a material that contains uranium, after noticing that unrefined pitchblende was more radioactive than the uranium that was separated from it. She reasoned that pitchblende must contain at least one other radioactive element. Curie needed to refine several tons of pitchblende in order to obtain tiny amounts of radium and polonium, another radioactive element discovered by Curie. One ton of uranium ore contains only about 0.14 grams of radium. Today, radium can be obtained as a byproduct of refining uranium and is usually sold as radium chloride (RaCl2) or radium bromide (RaBr2) and not as a pure material.
Is radium less powerful than uranium?
Now radium hasn't practical applications. Uranium has many applications as nuclear fuel and also in nuclear weapons and strong tank armors.
Where was radium founded?
Radium exist in very small concentrations in uranium ores.
Where is the radium located?
Radium exist in uranium ores but in very low concentrations.
Radium is one of the alkaline earth metals -However its only natural source is uranium-why?
Because radium is a decay product of uranium or thorium.
Is radium common in nature?
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.
Where in the world is radium?
Radium exist in very low concentrations in uranium and thorium ores.
Is radium more powerful then uranium?
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.
