Her husband, Pierre Curie, worked with Marie Curie when they discovered Polonium. The Curies also discovered that Thorium, discovered in 1829 by Jöns Jakob Berzelius, emits radiation.
Her sisters: Zosia, Hela, Bronya Her brother: Joseph
Marie Curie's first love was a fellow Polish scientist named Kazimierz Zorawski. They were engaged to be married, but unfortunately, Zorawski's family did not approve of the match and the engagement was ultimately called off.
Francium is an element named for France in Western Europe.
Wladyslaw and Bronislawa Boguska Sklodowski.
The Curies, Madame Marie and Pierre, a married couple who was know for discovering Radium, used in X-rays and Polonium, named after her home country. The Curies, however, did not discover Curium.
Her husband, Pierre Curie, worked with Marie Curie when they discovered Polonium. The Curies also discovered that Thorium, discovered in 1829 by Jöns Jakob Berzelius, emits radiation.
Any man-made element was named after a today country.
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Francium was named after France, the country it was dicovered in.
Her sisters: Zosia, Hela, Bronya Her brother: Joseph
A highly radioactive metal named FRANCIUM was named after France.
Curium was named after the Curies.
His name was Louis XVI Auguste of France.
Marie Curie's first love was a fellow Polish scientist named Kazimierz Zorawski. They were engaged to be married, but unfortunately, Zorawski's family did not approve of the match and the engagement was ultimately called off.
Marie and Pierre Curie dicovered the element polium in 1898 along with the element radium, in a little wooden shack they used as a laboratory. The shack was drafty in the winter and extremely hot during the summer, yet the Curies spent hours upon hours there, deep in their research. Polium was named after Marie's home country Poland.
The Curies published their paper, describing the newly discovered element -- that they named "radium" -- on 1898 December 26. Their work was conducted in Paris France.